Ruling on taking booklets from the mosque to benefit from them

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I went for Hajj last year, so I entered a mosque to pray and found booklets in the mihrab of the mosque, so I took some of them with the intention of benefiting from them. What is the ruling on my taking these booklets, and does that affect my Hajj?

Answer:
It does not affect his Hajj. However, as for the booklets, if they are placed for distribution and anyone who wants can take them, then you may take them. But if they are placed specifically for the mosque, it is not permissible to take anything from them. The common practice nowadays is that they place many books in a corner of the mosque for distribution; whoever wants to take them may take them.