Renting out books and tapes in the mosque library
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: There is a library of tapes and books in the mosque, but we rent them out, and the aim of this is to increase the number of books and tapes. Is this permissible or not permissible?
Answer:
I am not aware of any issue with it. If he gives the book for a known fee for one day, two days, or three days, or the tape is used and then returned, there is no harm in it, for the sake of the public benefit, for the sake of providing many books and tapes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: There is a library of tapes and books in the mosque, but we rent them out, and the aim of this is to increase the number of books and tapes. Is this permissible or not permissible?
Answer:
I am not aware of any issue with it. If he gives the book for a known fee for one day, two days, or three days, or the tape is used and then returned, there is no harm in it, for the sake of the public benefit, for the sake of providing many books and tapes.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 13 — archive.org (26:37)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.