The Waqif Permitting a Madrasa to Be Built, Before the Mosque Is Built, on Land Endowed for a Mosque and Madrasa

Question

A benefactor endowed about one bigha (a local measure of area) of land as waqf and expressed the wish that his land should have both a mosque and a madrasa. Out of respect for his view, the people of the madrasa also laid the foundation of a mosque on a small portion of the land, although, given the circumstances of the madrasa, laying the foundation of a mosque at that spot was not appropriate. Seeing how cramped the madrasa is, the waqif (endower)

Answer

[ar]إذا بنى مسجدًا لا يزول ملكه عنه حتى يفرزه عن ملكه بطريقه ويأذن بالصلاة فيه ويصلي فيه واحد، وفي رواية شرط صلاة بجماعة جهرًا بأذان وإقامة، حتى لو كان سرًّا بأن كان بلا أذان ولا إقامة لا يصير مسجدًا اتفاقًا؛ لأن أداء الصلاة على الوجه المذكور بالجماعة، وهذه الرواية صحيحة كما في الكافي وغيره.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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