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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Buying a book marked as waqf (endowment) from a bookstore

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Question:
If you find a book in a bookstore that sells used books, and it is written on the book that it is waqf (endowment), is it permissible for me to buy it?

Answer:
And if you want to take it as a waqf (endowment), but they say that substitution is permissible, that it can be exchanged for a similar book, and the substitute becomes a waqf (endowment) in its place,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/104 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:18:26)

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