The ruling on changing the author's name on his books
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Question:
So the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) said: The one who inserts Imam Muhammad ibn Abi Sarhan's name on his book.
Answer:
No, I told you that it is not permissible to change the author's name; rather, it should remain. This removes, I mean, many people do not know the Shaykh; they hear the rumors and do not know the reality of the Shaykh and his call. This is not specific to the Shaykh or a particular individual, but rather all the people of truth are not known by them, yet they hear the rumors about them and believe them. So if you give him the book and it bears the name of this scholar, and he reads it, and he is one of those who seeks fairness and wants to accept the truth, then what is in his heart against this scholar will be removed. But if you remove it, he will remain hostile to this scholar, because the book says to others what it does not say to him. So let the books remain with the authors' names on them. First, this is part of academic integrity, and second, this is part of removing the rumors that are spread against them, because their books refute these rumors. Yes.
So the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) said: The one who inserts Imam Muhammad ibn Abi Sarhan's name on his book.
Answer:
No, I told you that it is not permissible to change the author's name; rather, it should remain. This removes, I mean, many people do not know the Shaykh; they hear the rumors and do not know the reality of the Shaykh and his call. This is not specific to the Shaykh or a particular individual, but rather all the people of truth are not known by them, yet they hear the rumors about them and believe them. So if you give him the book and it bears the name of this scholar, and he reads it, and he is one of those who seeks fairness and wants to accept the truth, then what is in his heart against this scholar will be removed. But if you remove it, he will remain hostile to this scholar, because the book says to others what it does not say to him. So let the books remain with the authors' names on them. First, this is part of academic integrity, and second, this is part of removing the rumors that are spread against them, because their books refute these rumors. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 07 من 16 / شرح مسائل الجاهلية / المسألة السابعة والعشرون/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:46)
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