Trustees

Q: Kindly provide an answer to the following questions:

1. Is it permissible to appoint a trustee (mutawalli) for a musalla or masjid who lives about 20km away from the masjid and who does not come for salaah except about once in 3 months?

2. Is it permissible to appoint a trustee (mutawalli) for a musalla or masjid who lives about 6km away from the masjid and who does not come for salaah except about once a month? And he has very little knowledge of what is going on in the musalla/masjid with regards to the imaam, the water and lights, the geyser, etc.

3. If a person is appointed as a trustee, what are his responsibilities towards the musalla and towards the musallis?

Q: I wanted some guidelines for being a Mutawalli of a Trust and Musjid or Madrasah.

1. Does the Mutawalli have to follow Shar'ī rulings or government law?

2. Is it true that the Mutawalli cannot be the one who places protocols against the sharī'ah in the Musjid?

3. Can the Musjid Trust Money be used for buying flower pots and flowers for decorating the Musjid?

4. Please provide some guidelines for being a Mutawalli of a Trust and Musjid or Madrasah.