An Imam Keeping His Family and Livestock in the Mosque

Question

May a person who leads the prayer at some other place use any other mosque for his family, livestock and other household needs, supposing he has spent money on the mosque’s lighting and the like?

Answer

Keeping one’s family in the mosque and tethering livestock there is not permissible. The mosque is for prayer and the remembrance of Allah, not for these purposes. Taking possession of the House of Allah like the oppressors and disbelievers, and presenting these things as arguments, is a dangerous state of affairs — lest the same end befall him that is ordained for those…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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