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Can we give a mosque the additional status of an Imambargah? Or is it allowed to convert a mosque into an Imambargah?

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Can we give a mosque the additional status of an Imambargah? Or is it allowed to convert a mosque into an Imambargah?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answer updated 3 years ago

Masjid remains Masjid till the Day of Judgement and no way to change it to any other use. We can not change a Masjid to imambargah or to an orphanage or to a school even a religious school. All activities of Imambargah, religious school and helping orphans etc can be done in the Masjid but it remains a Masjid only.

'In some places, Masjid and Imambargah are built together on the same building by making the Qibla side of the building as a Masjid, and the other side as an Imambargah.

'Wassalam.