The Book of the Principles of Islamic Economics and the Errors Contained in It

Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), we received an urgent message from one of the brothers in the Western Region requesting that it be presented to Your Eminence quickly. The summary is that a book titled *The Principles of Islamic Economics* has appeared, published by Dar al-Bayan al-'Arabi in Jeddah, phone number such-and-such. The book contains many errors, among which, for example, is an insult to Islam, which appears on pages such-and-such, such-and-such, and such-and-such. An insult to the scholars, which appears on page such-and-such, such-and-such. An insult to the system of private ownership, and a preference for the system of public ownership, which appears on pages such-and-such, such-and-such. Non-Islamic principles, which appear on pages such-and-such, such-and-such. Please address the matter urgently by having Your Eminence look at the book or by appointing someone you see fit to review this book. Note that the aforementioned brother is willing to come to Riyadh to present the matter to Your Eminence or to the committee you deem appropriate for this.

Answer:
May Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you, if Allah wills, no, if Allah wills, [we will] look at the book, if Allah wills, [it will be] prevented, if Allah wills, if there is such a defect in it, if Allah wills, [someone] will look at it. We ask Allah for well-being and safety. These are the harms of the mixing of disbelievers and open sinners with Muslims, and likewise traveling to the lands of disbelievers and taking pleasure in the company of disbelievers, for this results in evil consequences,