What is the ruling on selling the books of those who deviate from the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who sells the books of those who deviate from the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community, from the people of desires and religious innovations?
Answer:
It is not permissible to sell books that contain misguidance and deviation; rather, they must be destroyed. Books that contain misguidance, deviation, and heresy must be destroyed because they are among the means of corruption for creed and religion. However, if they are books by scholars of knowledge that contain some minor errors, there is no harm in selling them. As for the books of the heretics and the books of the atheists, it is not permissible to sell them; rather, they must be destroyed. Errors differ; the errors in books differ. Yes, and Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and all his Companions.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who sells the books of those who deviate from the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community, from the people of desires and religious innovations?
Answer:
It is not permissible to sell books that contain misguidance and deviation; rather, they must be destroyed. Books that contain misguidance, deviation, and heresy must be destroyed because they are among the means of corruption for creed and religion. However, if they are books by scholars of knowledge that contain some minor errors, there is no harm in selling them. As for the books of the heretics and the books of the atheists, it is not permissible to sell them; rather, they must be destroyed. Errors differ; the errors in books differ. Yes, and Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and all his Companions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم بيع كتب المخالفين لأهل السنة والجماعة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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