The Ruling on Exhibiting the Personal Belongings of a Scholar
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is a charitable organization concerned with the scholarly legacy of a certain scholar. They held an exhibition in which they gathered the Shaykh’s works and added to them his personal belongings, even placing his prayer mat and his pens, which is feared to be the seed of a museum that will be visited. Is such a thing permissible?
Answer:
It is not permissible. As for gathering his writings, publishing them, and placing them in the library for those who come to read and benefit, there is no harm in that; this is good. As for his personal belongings, such as his clothing and such things, it is not permissible. This leads to seeking blessing from them among the ignorant, and this is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is a charitable organization concerned with the scholarly legacy of a certain scholar. They held an exhibition in which they gathered the Shaykh’s works and added to them his personal belongings, even placing his prayer mat and his pens, which is feared to be the seed of a museum that will be visited. Is such a thing permissible?
Answer:
It is not permissible. As for gathering his writings, publishing them, and placing them in the library for those who come to read and benefit, there is no harm in that; this is good. As for his personal belongings, such as his clothing and such things, it is not permissible. This leads to seeking blessing from them among the ignorant, and this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/صلاح القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (43:45)
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