Is it permissible to build housing above a mosque?
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The first is to dedicate the entire land to the mosque to avoid disagreement, as the mosque includes its air space and its foundation. However, it is permissible to build a mosque on the lower or upper floor of a house, and it is valid for the questioner to build a residence above the mosque intended to be built on his owned land.
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