QnA: The Fiqh of the Masjid (3/10)

Firstly the person’s belief structure must be correct, that person cannot be a Shia, a Qadiani, a Bahai because a majority of Shias are out of the fold of Islam. Qadianis and Bahai adopt beliefs which take them completely out of the fold of Islam. They might have Muslim names.

The trustee must be one who performs his Salaah regularly, punctually, daily, and makes others read Salaah as well.

From this the Ulama have drawn rules: If a person is not punctual with his Salaah he is not fit to be a trustee irrespective of his bank balance.

Today the criterion is a person’s bank balance and how influential that person is. There is a “clique mentality, a group of people become the trustees because they are friends, they are wealthy and influential. This has no bearing at all and to make such people the trustees is an invitation for Qiyamah to come.

Hadith in Bukahri Shareef: When the power and leadership is handed over to people who are not fit for the job, who do not have the Islamic credentials, then wait for Qiyamah to occur.

They must pay Zakaah – if they are wealthy then Zakaah is compulsory on them.

They must fear none except All Mighty Allah – this is a crucial criterion.