The ruling on writing the Basmala on papers

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling regarding the service? It happens in a government consultation, and that is because the sources believe in the confusion, and these illnesses are many and taken in the protections, and he was unable to lie about this matter.

The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. The religion is easy. If you write "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" on doors and papers, there is no harm in that, whether they are government papers or non-governmental. There is no harm in that. A person does not intend to insult the Name; he does not intend it. But if he did not intend it, he is not responsible for it, and there is no blame on him, if Allah wills. Hardship is met with ease. That is, the person who is afflicted gathers papers with the Basmala in them; he is afflicted, he is afflicted. This is not reasonable. The person who is able to do it does it, and the one who is not able to do it is not held accountable for it. And he does not say to people, "Do not write 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.'" That is, he says to them this: they write "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" on their papers, and there is no harm in that.

The questioner:
He turns to Islam.

The Shaykh:
If you have a paper in your hand and it has "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" on it, and you no longer need it, do you not tear it up or cut it? The paper in your hand, as for the one in the hand of another or with people, you are not responsible for it.