Prayer: Can Masjid Utilities Bought with Nadhr and Donations Be Used for Funeral Ceremonies Without Compensation?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Can Masjid Utilities Bought with Nadhr and Donations Be Used for Funeral Ceremonies Without Compensation?

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Question #407:

Some masjids have been equipped with electricity and air conditioners by using nadhr money and believers’ gifts to these masjids. Whenever one of the neighbouring residents dies, ceremonies for reciting the Fātiḥah are held for him in the masjid and the masjid’s electricity and air conditioning system are used during the service but the organisers do not pay anything towards the expenses of such usage. Is this permissible according to Islamic law?

Answer #407:

The permissibility of using the facilities of the masjid for special mourning events and the like is dependent on the conditions of the endowment or donation of those facilities as nadhr for the masjid.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer