Lending Mosque Items for Use (ʿAriya)

Question

Is it permissible or not to lend the mosque’s earthen pitchers, ablution jugs, glasses, hand fans and awnings to Muslims as a loan for use (ʿariya) for weddings or occasions of mourning, or to take them away?

Answer

It is impermissible; all these should be used in the mosque in accordance with the conditions of the donor.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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