I am an employee at customs, and some passengers come with the Bible. Is it permissible for me to let them enter with it?
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The questioner:
I am an employee at customs, and some passengers and maids come to this country.
The Shaykh:
Yes. Passengers, he says some passengers and maids, passengers. Yes, yes. Yes, and what do passengers bring to customs? Yes. He says they come to this country with the Bible, meaning the customs at the airports. Yes.
The questioner:
He says, "I get you," so is it permissible for me to let them enter with it into this country?
The Shaykh:
You act according to the directives you have. You follow the directives you have. So if you find something from the previous books with them, you hold it and consult the authorities. Consult the authorities about what is to be done with it. Do not do anything without there being a valid and followed system. May Allah reward you. You hold it in any case; do not let it go. You hold it and consult the authorities about what to do with it: do you return it to him, or do you destroy it? There must be a system.
I am an employee at customs, and some passengers and maids come to this country.
The Shaykh:
Yes. Passengers, he says some passengers and maids, passengers. Yes, yes. Yes, and what do passengers bring to customs? Yes. He says they come to this country with the Bible, meaning the customs at the airports. Yes.
The questioner:
He says, "I get you," so is it permissible for me to let them enter with it into this country?
The Shaykh:
You act according to the directives you have. You follow the directives you have. So if you find something from the previous books with them, you hold it and consult the authorities. Consult the authorities about what is to be done with it. Do not do anything without there being a valid and followed system. May Allah reward you. You hold it in any case; do not let it go. You hold it and consult the authorities about what to do with it: do you return it to him, or do you destroy it? There must be a system.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1527- 4717] أنا موظف في الجمارك ويأتي بعض الركاب يحمل معه الإنجيل فهل يجوز لي أن أتركهم يدخلون به؟ — youtube.com
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