Endowment: Turning Part of a Ḥusayniyyah into a Masjid and Its Legal Status
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Endowment: Turning Part of a Ḥusayniyyah into a Masjid and Its Legal Status
English:
Question #2069:
A person donated a piece of land for a ḥusayniyyah to be built on it. The ḥusayniyyah was built. However, a group of people turned a part of the ḥusayniyyah into a masjid. They are now holding congregational prayers in the place as though it were a masjid. Can their action be sanctioned, and should it follow that the rules governing masjids can apply to what seems to be a de facto masjid?
Answer #2069:
Neither the donor nor anyone else has the right to turn the ḥusayniyyah, that has been the subject of the endowment, into a masjid. Thus, it cannot be deemed a masjid. Nor can the rules and regulations governing masjids be applied to it. However, there is no problem in holding congregational prayers there.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Endowments