Disposing of a book containing falsehood
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Question:
And you have taken Allah, meaning in books to notify me, and I do not know where to place it in my library, so I am wondering whether I should place it in the standing prayer area in a place, or place it in a respectable place, or should I distance myself from it?
Answer:
The obligatory course of action is one of two things: either you destroy it and get rid of it, or you take it to the restricted libraries that have a section for books with restricted access, where it is placed for reference when needed, so that scholars can look at it out of necessity. In public libraries, they call these books with restricted access. These are books that only the specialists among students of knowledge can look at, like the poisons found in pharmacies. In pharmacies, there are sections for poisons that are not dispensed except through difficult procedures, and no one can look at them or access them. These are like that; they are poisons. So either you destroy it and burn it, or you take it to this section.
And you have taken Allah, meaning in books to notify me, and I do not know where to place it in my library, so I am wondering whether I should place it in the standing prayer area in a place, or place it in a respectable place, or should I distance myself from it?
Answer:
The obligatory course of action is one of two things: either you destroy it and get rid of it, or you take it to the restricted libraries that have a section for books with restricted access, where it is placed for reference when needed, so that scholars can look at it out of necessity. In public libraries, they call these books with restricted access. These are books that only the specialists among students of knowledge can look at, like the poisons found in pharmacies. In pharmacies, there are sections for poisons that are not dispensed except through difficult procedures, and no one can look at them or access them. These are like that; they are poisons. So either you destroy it and burn it, or you take it to this section.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 9/2/14 شرح مسائل الجاهلية / الشريط التاسع / جزء٢ — youtube.com (21:25)
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