Buy a brick ramadhan campaign for masjid as-sunnah, bradford, uk!

[albaseerah.com]

AssalamuAlaikum Wa Rahmatullah

An individual/group of individuals (we are not aware) have bought 10 bricks equivalent to £10,000 pounds in a single donation. We ask Allah azzawajal to reward them with Jannah and safeguard them from the fitan in this duniya and make their ending good. Allahumma Ameen. Over £11,000 worth of donations have come in in the last 2 days alhamdulillah. Jazakumullahu Khair. The outstanding figure is now £44,470.

We would like to add that the "Buy a brick for £1000" is only meant to be conceptual. We do not belittle any donations no matter how small they are. Since yesterday we have recieved several smaller donations and May Allah reward all those people. Maybe it is that an individual donates £1 or less than it and it is greater in the sight of Allah than the one who donates millions. May Allah accept all of our deeds. Ameen.

Finally we would like to remind everyone of the words of the noble Shaykh Al-Alaamah Saleh al-Fawzaan hafithahullah regarding our question before opening Masjid As-Sunnah. For those who do not know Shaykh Fawzaan, then he is on the permanent committee of senior scholars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is one of the most senior scholars alive today as has been mentioned by other scholars. Indeed the people of virtue recognise the people of virtue. May Allah preserve the shaykh and allow the Muslims to take benefit from him. The Shaykhs lessons and works can be accessed from his website: http://www.alfawzan.ws/

A question put to Shaikh Saalih al Fawzaan regarding the opening of Masjid as Sunnah, Bradford:

The brothers at albaseerah have always maintained a level of transparency and have attempted to seek advice from the scholars at every opportunity. Here we present a question that we posed to Shaikh Saalih al Fawzaan (before the opening of the masjid):

The Question: This is a question, he says (the questioner), from a Muslim community living in the West. The questioner says: We bought a building with the intention to change it in to a masjid. We bought it with a loan of £100,000, taken from the Muslim community. And we haven't opened the masjid yet.His question: If we are unable to pay off this loan, is it permissible to close down the masjid after we have completed its set up and began establishing the prayer therein? And what is your advice for us?

The Answer: No. The masjid is not to be closed down. However, you are to seek (financial help) from the Muslims. You are to seek aid from the Muslims. And the Muslims, if Allaah wills, will not let you down. Seek help from the good-doers and the tradesmen (businessmen) and they will not fall short in this, in the affair of the masjid. Waffaqallahu al-jamee'

This question was put forward by our brother Abu Humaid on the 21st February 2011 after the tafseer dars of the shaikh (after maghrib), in the city of Riyadh, KSA.