The Ruling on Translating the Shaykh's Books Without Review
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from France says: Some bookstores in our country are printing books of yours translated into French, and I have found many errors in them because they have not been reviewed. Did you authorize them to do so? And what is your advice to us and to them regarding this matter?
Answer:
I did not give them permission to translate them with an incorrect translation. I give permission to whoever translates them with a correct translation, and this is their responsibility; they are accountable for it, and I do not know. But you, may Allah reward you with good, have alerted them to what you see. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from France says: Some bookstores in our country are printing books of yours translated into French, and I have found many errors in them because they have not been reviewed. Did you authorize them to do so? And what is your advice to us and to them regarding this matter?
Answer:
I did not give them permission to translate them with an incorrect translation. I give permission to whoever translates them with a correct translation, and this is their responsibility; they are accountable for it, and I do not know. But you, may Allah reward you with good, have alerted them to what you see. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل الاسم الثاني والثالث : الزور واللغو — islamhouse.com (1:16:07)
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