Transferring a Private Library and Benefiting from It

Question:
This question, Honorable Shaykh, came from one of the brothers. He says: I have a large library containing the foundational books of Islamic jurisprudence and approximately five thousand various books. What do you advise me to do with this library? And is zakah due on it, since I moved from my old, small house to a new one and I do not want to carry this library with me? May Allah preserve you.

Answer:
Books, without doubt, if they are beneficial—books of the Shari'ah and the Arabic language—are a great wealth. However, those who collect books and benefit from them are the students of knowledge and the scholars. If you benefit from them, transfer them to your new place so that the benefit from them continues. If you do not use them and you do not have the capacity to benefit from them, it is good to transfer them to a public library where students of knowledge can read them. Add them to one of the public libraries so that people can benefit from them, and you will have reward for that. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,