The ruling on an endowment that includes religious innovations and forbidden matters
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His Eminence the Shaykh: This is a person who asks and says: In one of the mosque libraries, there are books containing religious innovations and books containing images, and it is said that their owners brought them as an endowment for this library! So what do we do with these books in the library, which is the library of one of the mosques?
It is obligatory for those in charge of mosque libraries, if they see books containing religious innovations or images that lead to temptation, to burn these books and not leave them in the hands of the youth; because they harm them in terms of creed, and they also harm them in terms of morals regarding the images, even if their owner endowed them. However, if the owner is alive, he should be informed,And it is said: that it is not permissible for you to place them in the library, and we see that you should buy useful books in their place.
It is obligatory for those in charge of mosque libraries, if they see books containing religious innovations or images that lead to temptation, to burn these books and not leave them in the hands of the youth; because they harm them in terms of creed, and they also harm them in terms of morals regarding the images, even if their owner endowed them. However, if the owner is alive, he should be informed,And it is said: that it is not permissible for you to place them in the library, and we see that you should buy useful books in their place.