Fatwa no. 14997 All praise be to Allah Alone, and peace and blessings be upon the Final Prophet. (Part No. 16; Page No. 80) The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta' has read the documents submitted by His Excellency, the Chief Justice of the Eastern Province, referred to the Committee by the Secretariat General of the Council of Senior Scholars under no. 3400 on 9/8/1411 AH. Those seeking a Fatwa (legal opinion issued by a qualified Muslim scholar) ask permission to move the Masjid (mosque) located in Rahimah city to a nearby place. The question is referred to His Excellency, the Chief Justice of the Eastern Province, with letter no. 3305 on 5/12/1411 AH to advise. He answered with letter no. 550 on 19/12/1411 AH attached to the report of the deciding committee. It states: All praise be to Allah. Pursuant to the letter sent by His Excellency, the Chief Justice of the Eastern Province, no. 5681 on 12/5/1411 AH, based on the letter sent by the Chairman of the Departments of Scholarly Research, Ifta', Da`wah, and Guidance no. 3305 on 5/12/1411 AH, regarding relocating the Masjid in Rahimah city, the issue was presented to the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta' which reviewed the documents and formed a committee of the (Part No. 16; Page No. 81)  Rahimah judge, notary, Head of the Municipality, and the Director of the General Department for Endowments and Mosques to inspect the old and new locations.On Sunday 17/1/1412 AH, a meeting was held in the court of Ra's Tannurah in the presence of Judge Muhammad ibn `Umar `Atin, the notary of Ra's Tannurah, `Abdul-Rahman Al-Bazi`y, the Head of Municipality of Ra's Tannurah, Ahmad `Abdul-Rahman Al-Thumayry, and the Director of the General Department for Endowments and Mosques, Sayf Ibrahim Al-Sayf. The members went to inspect the Masjid in person and after inspection; they decided there was no problem in moving it to the other place, bearing in mind that the new piece of land is larger than the old one on which the Masjid is built. The best interest of the population is to have the Masjid located in the new place and all members agreed and signed on that.