The ruling on donating books to a school library
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Question:
Among the questions we received, Honorable Shaykh Salih, this one says: A person donated books to me, and the school no longer needs them. Is it permissible for the school principal to accept them and place them in the school library so that everyone can benefit from them?
Answer:
Yes, if there is benefit in them and the school has a library for reading, he places these books in it so that everyone can benefit from them. Yes.
Among the questions we received, Honorable Shaykh Salih, this one says: A person donated books to me, and the school no longer needs them. Is it permissible for the school principal to accept them and place them in the school library so that everyone can benefit from them?
Answer:
Yes, if there is benefit in them and the school has a library for reading, he places these books in it so that everyone can benefit from them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1659 - حكم اهداء الكتب لمكتبة للمدرسة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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