Forming a Committee for a Madrasa and Mosque, Fixing a Fee for It, Etc.

Question

Here the usual way of running every mosque and madrasa is that the Muslims of the settlement gather and form a society, and this body (jama‘at) is also given a name. In some settlements there are two or three bodies under different names, and each body has its own office-bearers. The body consists of a president, a general secretary, a deputy secretary, a treasurer and executive members, while the rest who pay the fee will be called members.

Answer

Making such an arrangement and forming a committee for carrying out religious affairs such as the mosque, the madrasa and the like jointly is valid in the Shari‘a. Those who have accepted these arrangements by mutual consent are bound to abide by them. (1) Fixing a term for the election by mutual consent is also valid. (2)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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