Prayer: Can Shareholders Object to a Pre-Agreed Masjid in a Residential Project?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Can Shareholders Object to a Pre-Agreed Masjid in a Residential Project?

English:

Question #394:

A cooperative builds residential quarters and it is initially agreed upon that those areas include public places such as masjids. Now that residential units are prepared and have been submitted to the company’s shareholders, could some of them breach their agreement by saying that they are not content with building the masjid?

Answer #394:

If the company builds the masjid upon obtaining the agreement of all of its members and the masjid is constructed and endowed, the withdrawal of some members from the previous agreement will have no effect. If, however, their change of mind occurs prior to the realisation of the masjid’s endowment, construction of the masjid using members money on the land which belongs to all members without their consent will be impermissible unless it is stated as a condition in a binding contract that a part of the land is allocated for the construction of the masjid and the members have accepted this condition. In such a case, they have no right to change their minds and their withdrawal will have no effect.

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