A Particular Family Treating the Mosque It Built as Though It Were Its Own Property

Question

A particular family, or a particular individual, or a particular community had a mosque built without the assistance of any community, and then endowed it as waqf in the path of Allah. The work done after that was done with the assistance of the general public. But if nevertheless something has occurred on the part of that community, family or individual that has a bad effect on the public, or his conduct bewilders the mosque’s congregation, and from his actions and behaviour it is felt that he commits such…

Answer

A mosque that has been endowed as waqf — whether it was built with the money of the public, or with the money of some family, or with the money of some particular person — in every case, after it has become waqf, no one’s claim to own it is valid: [ar]«الوَقْفُ إِذَا تَمَّ وَلَزِمَ لَا يُمْلَكُ وَلَا يُمَلَّكُ» (مختار).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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