Publishing the Decisions of the Senior Scholars’ Committee and Preserving Religious Articles
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The questioner:
Dr. Sulh, everyone hopes to see these decisions issued by the Senior Scholars’ Committee. What is your opinion on whether these decisions are accessible to people, meaning that they are copied or made available to the public?
The Shaykh:
It is a word, if Allah wills, that is published in a specialized magazine. Specialized in the brain. It is called the Journal of Scientific Research, and it is accessible to people, to my knowledge, it is distributed. Mm.
To scientific institutions and academic circles, it is first put on the market, placed in bookstores, to my knowledge, or if it is published in newspapers, I do not see that as appropriate. Why? Because this involves initiating these decisions and initiating these recommendations that were issued by these bodies.
So it should be in a specialized magazine. It should be in a specialized magazine. And it is kept in the archives of these councils. And whoever wants to look at it and needs something from it, he has to refer to the archives of these councils and take it from there. Yes, yes. Yes.
The questioner:
If it is published and remains accessible to the people, do you think that makes it cheap, for example?
The Shaykh:
Making it cheap is also not appropriate for this. It is a matter of etiquette. And it may be treated with disrespect or thrown away, or not given attention. The situation where it is exploited and the topics I was sure of. It is considered, yes, because it is considered among the corners of newspapers, published on its day. It is published and not looked at. So these scientific researches and these innate and edited evidences containing texts. It must be conceded. That it be placed in books and collections. Yes. Or in specialized magazines that are tested by it.
The questioner:
I have seen many people who look at the newspapers and see suitable topics in them, they take those clippings and keep them in their homes. Do you not think that the one who appreciates the value of the article or the value of the scientific decision should cut it out of the newspaper and keep it?
The Shaykh:
This is good, yes, this is obligatory for every Muslim if he sees a religious article or sees a verse from the Book of Allah or a hadith from the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a newspaper exposed to being thrown away and disrespected, that he remove this article or this verse or this hadith from it, out of respect for it and to protect it from degradation. This is from the second aspect, so that he benefits from it in the future.
So if a person pays attention to these matters and collects them, he will have a scientific fortress. Through what passes him of these newspapers and magazines, if he collects them, he will have this scientific fortress. He will benefit from it in the future and others will benefit from it. May Allah welcome you.
Dr. Sulh, everyone hopes to see these decisions issued by the Senior Scholars’ Committee. What is your opinion on whether these decisions are accessible to people, meaning that they are copied or made available to the public?
The Shaykh:
It is a word, if Allah wills, that is published in a specialized magazine. Specialized in the brain. It is called the Journal of Scientific Research, and it is accessible to people, to my knowledge, it is distributed. Mm.
To scientific institutions and academic circles, it is first put on the market, placed in bookstores, to my knowledge, or if it is published in newspapers, I do not see that as appropriate. Why? Because this involves initiating these decisions and initiating these recommendations that were issued by these bodies.
So it should be in a specialized magazine. It should be in a specialized magazine. And it is kept in the archives of these councils. And whoever wants to look at it and needs something from it, he has to refer to the archives of these councils and take it from there. Yes, yes. Yes.
The questioner:
If it is published and remains accessible to the people, do you think that makes it cheap, for example?
The Shaykh:
Making it cheap is also not appropriate for this. It is a matter of etiquette. And it may be treated with disrespect or thrown away, or not given attention. The situation where it is exploited and the topics I was sure of. It is considered, yes, because it is considered among the corners of newspapers, published on its day. It is published and not looked at. So these scientific researches and these innate and edited evidences containing texts. It must be conceded. That it be placed in books and collections. Yes. Or in specialized magazines that are tested by it.
The questioner:
I have seen many people who look at the newspapers and see suitable topics in them, they take those clippings and keep them in their homes. Do you not think that the one who appreciates the value of the article or the value of the scientific decision should cut it out of the newspaper and keep it?
The Shaykh:
This is good, yes, this is obligatory for every Muslim if he sees a religious article or sees a verse from the Book of Allah or a hadith from the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a newspaper exposed to being thrown away and disrespected, that he remove this article or this verse or this hadith from it, out of respect for it and to protect it from degradation. This is from the second aspect, so that he benefits from it in the future.
So if a person pays attention to these matters and collects them, he will have a scientific fortress. Through what passes him of these newspapers and magazines, if he collects them, he will have this scientific fortress. He will benefit from it in the future and others will benefit from it. May Allah welcome you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، صفحات من رحلتي العلمية \ صالح الفوزان \ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (42:01)
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