The ruling on taking the book *Tahafut al-Falasifah* from a public place

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I saw two books in one of the places where the common people often sit, namely *Tahafut al-Tahafut* and *Tahafut al-Falasifah*. I took them for fear that some of the common people might read them and be influenced by them. Is there any sin on me for taking these two books? And what should I do with them?

Answer:
Even if they were not looking at them, or even if they were looking at them, they would not benefit from them in any way. Whether they remain there, or something else happens, or they are carried away, it is all the same. But where is their owner? Where is the owner of the two books? Look for the owner of the two books. If they have no owner and are lost items with no one to claim them, then you should place them in a public library from among the endowment libraries that are for reading, so that the students of knowledge who need them can benefit from them.