Is it permissible to read books that contain errors in order to take the beneficial from them, as you said regarding al-Zamakhshari’s tafsir?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In a previous answer in the last lesson, it was stated that there is no harm in a capable student of knowledge reading al-Zamakhshari’s tafsir. Based on this statement, some students of knowledge have taken it that there is no harm in reading any books that contain errors, such as Sayyid Qutb’s tafsir, so that they may take the beneficial from them and leave the errors he mentioned. Is this correct?

Answer:
No, that is not correct. This applies to books that have benefit. As for books that have no benefit, do not read them. Most contemporary books have no benefit and no knowledge; they are merely styles and long words, with no benefit or legal rulings beneath them, but rather literary style. So there is no difference between old scholarly books and contemporary books. Yes, is this not taken from that? Yes.