MOSQUE SHOPS AS A SOURCE FOR ITS FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT IN NASARAWA STATE,

Abstract

There is no doubt that mosque as an essential place of worship for Muslims need to be managed decently and to be kept neatly. The aim of this research is to call the attention of the Muslims of Nasarawa State to have a plan for attaching some few shops in their building design of the mosque so that those shops can generate funds and be used in maintaining and running day-today financial activities of the mosque. The problem which led to this research is that financing the activities of the mosque in Nasarawa State mostly is from the charity (?adaqah which is popularly known as f?sab?lill?h) and it is not forthcoming and very discouraging. The method adopted is descriptive where the data were gathered from the field while primary sources Qur'?n and ?ad?th were used and other literatures that serve as secondary sources were also explored. The significance of this study is among other things addressing the problem of low income for the mosque management, the findings revealed that Muslims of Nasarawa State give very meager amount as charity for the mosque maintenance while if it is a different thing particularly pollical activities they use to give more money. Building of shops within the mosques is very important in order to attract funds for the day-today financial expenditure. It is recommended that mosque committee and scholars should lay emphasis on attaching shops to the mosque in order to have source of funds generation