Interest money to build masjid toilets
| Fatwa #1386 | Category: Business & Trade | Country: Zambia | Date: 11th February 2025 |
| Fatwa #1386 | Date: 11th February 2025 |
| Category: Business & Trade | |
| Country: Zambia | |
Question
Can interest funds be used to build masjid toilets and facilities?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Interest is filth and haram. Masaajid are the houses of Almighty Allah and only pure earnings must be utilised for them. Therefore, it is not permissible to use interest funds to build masjid toilets and facilities.[1] One should get rid of the interest by giving it to the poor and needy without any hope of reward.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Bilal Pandor
Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad Patel
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia
[1]فتاوى محمودية ج18 ص 447-449
أحسن الفتاوى ج7 ص16-17