Issues Legal Fatwa To Build A New Mosque For The Old Collapse, MPU Aceh: It's Not Allowed For The Beauty Of Just One

Aceh MPU Chairperson Tgk H Faisal Ali. BETWEEN/HO-Humas MPU Aceh

ACEH - Aceh's Ulema Consultative Council (MPU) issued a legal fatwa regarding the provisions for building a new mosque and tearing down the old mosque for the benefit of the people. Chairman of the Aceh MPU Tgk H Faisal Ali said the fatwa was issued as an answer to problems that have often occurred among people in Aceh Province. "In the fatwa there are nine fatwa points and eight tausiah points. And the fatwa was issued answering problems or problems of tearing down old mosques to build new mosques that develop in the midst of society," he said in Banda Aceh, Antara, Wednesday, August 23. According to him, the law to knock down the mosque was due to expansion to increase the capacity of the congregation as long as they received recommendations from the local government. "However, the law of tearing down mosques that are not based on benefit or the interests of the people, such as for beauty and aesthetics alone, is not allowed," he said. Tgk H Faisal Ali added, in the fatwa issued, it was also stated that the transfer of meunasah status or waqf prayer room to become a mosque was not allowed. In the fatwa, he said, there were also tausiahs that asked local governments to help accelerate the management of waqf land certification so that their legal status would be clearer. As well as asking the local government to review the structure and authority of mosque administrators.

"The Aceh MPU in its fatwa also hopes that the nazir or waqf asset manager will empower waqf prices to become more useful. And also to administrators and the community, it is also hoped that they can prosper the mosque," said Tgk H Faisal Ali.