Selling Waqf Books to Settle a Debt
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A man has a debt, and he owns no money except a library of books. He wants to sell them to settle his debts, but among the books in this library are some he took from the Ministry of Waqf. Is it permissible for him to sell these books to settle his debts?
Answer:
If they are marked as waqf, he does not sell them. But if they are not marked as waqf, he is permitted to sell them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A man has a debt, and he owns no money except a library of books. He wants to sell them to settle his debts, but among the books in this library are some he took from the Ministry of Waqf. Is it permissible for him to sell these books to settle his debts?
Answer:
If they are marked as waqf, he does not sell them. But if they are not marked as waqf, he is permitted to sell them. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 30-10-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (1:10:58)
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