The Ruling on Money Collected for a Mosque

Question

Zayd collected some money — partly from his own funds and partly from donations — to enlarge a part of the mosque, but that money had not yet been spent on anything when Zayd passed away. Now the shareholders want to take that money from the person in whose possession it is and hand it over to the administrator of the mosque so that he may put it into the mosque. If he refuses to give the money, what is the ruling concerning this person?

Answer

It is not permissible for anyone to keep that money himself. If Zayd left this person an instruction (wasiyya) regarding how it is to be spent, then he should spend it on the mosque in accordance with the counsel of the administrator and the people of the neighbourhood; otherwise he should give it to the administrator of the mosque, or to those from whom Zayd received it as…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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