Q: There is a masjid which is 3 stories i.e. ground floor+2 floors. However, except for Jumuah Salah only the ground floor remains occupied and the rest of the floors are vacant.
A group of community leaders have decided and infact what they have done is after taking permission from the Trustees have started a coaching class type thing wherein students from poor backgrounds are given computer and English and Science schooling in the first and second floors of the masjid at very nominal prices or for free. Basically a Muslim charitable trust is now using the upper floors of the masjid for teaching underprivileged kids computer and school tuition classes.
Additionally they are now planning to use one area in the masjid in above floors as a Homeopathy clinic for free treatment for ailments. The entrance is separate from behind the staircase, not the main gate of the masjid.
My question is, is it allowed to use the masjid for dunyavi purposes in a manner the above people are using it? They are not using the main ground floor of the masjid but the first and second floors which are empty except for Jumuah. Please guide us with this question.
A: It is impermissible to do this in the musjid. Consider for a moment that the musjid has to bring you close to Allah Ta`ala and the eternal life of the aakhirat and qabr. Why pollute it for some material gain? The entire ethos and environment becomes polluted and what was supposed to be dedicated to Allah Ta`ala, it has become a material venue.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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