The Predominance of Secular Education in Madrasa Ta‘lim al-Din

Question

Question: What do the scholars of religion say regarding the following matter: the respected Hazrat Muslih al-Umma Shah Wasiullah (may his blessings endure) spoke and, proposing a name for this madrasa, named it “Madrasa Ta‘lim al-Din”, and the foundation stone was laid with his own blessed hands by Shaykh al-Islam Hazrat Mawlana Husayn Ahmad Madani ﵀ in the presence of other senior scholars of the truth.

Answer

A building that was built and endowed as waqf for religious education may not, according to the Shari‘a, be used for secular education, [ar]لأن شرط الواقف كنص الشارع[/ar] “because the stipulation of the waqif (endower) is like the text of the Lawgiver.” Changing its name is likewise not permissible. The recipients (masraf)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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