Question
The Musjid where I perform Salaat charges R100 rental for shoe-lockers. Is this permissible?
Answer
They may just as well stipulate a fee for each musalli for the space he occupies inside the Musjid when performing Salaat. In view of the increasing incidence of shoe-theft, it will be permissible to provide lockers for shoes. But charging a fee for the shoes is not permissible. The fee is a baatil/haram rental. The entire premises of the Musjid and its annexes are Waqf for the free use of the musallis. Placing their shoes in the lockers is their Haqq for which a fee may not be charged.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 24 No 12
- PDF page
- 5
Verbatim verified against the source PDF
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