What is better: building a new mosque where no collective supplication (du'a) or Fajr qunut is performed, or not building it to avoid discord and division among Muslims?
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Allah commanded Muslims to unite and forbade them from disunity. Building a mosque next to another is not permissible except under two conditions: not intending to harm the first mosque, and there being a need for it, such as it being too small. Ijtihadi (matters of independent reasoning) issues—for which there is no definitive text or consensus—are not considered a reason to build another mosque. Disunity due to such matters should be avoided, and keenness on Muslim unity should be maintained, clarifying the with gentleness and leniency.
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