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Transferring words from books and delivering them in mosques without attribution

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I deliver some speeches in the mosques, and I transfer the speech from your books, such as the pulpit sermons and the books of some of the scholars, and I deliver it without attributing the statement to the author of the book. Is there any religious impediment in that?

Answer:
If you are delivering it from a paper that you have copied, and you do not add or subtract, and you read it from the paper, there is no harm, and even if you do not attribute it, that does not contradict the ruling. However, if you are modifying it, adding to it, or subtracting from it, that is not permissible. This is a betrayal of the trust. Also, speaking in the mosques requires permission from the competent authority; a license is required so that you do not fall into what is prohibited and incur responsibility upon yourself. If you have the qualification, obtain permission so that you have a proof with you. Yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب الميت — islamhouse.com (1:19:11)

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