What is the ruling on placing books of knowledge in cigarette cartons?
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The questioner : He says:The questioner : It is observed in this exhibition and other exhibitions... that some books, books of knowledge, are placed in cigarette cartons. What is your opinion, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh : ... I see that this is not appropriate in reality, because the one who sees the appearance will assume they are cigarettes, even if they are in the exhibition, and he sees that this involves a type of degradation of the books. So, what I see is that those who display books should choose cartons that do not have cigarette images on them, or else they should paste paper over them to cover these images. Yes.
The Shaykh : ... I see that this is not appropriate in reality, because the one who sees the appearance will assume they are cigarettes, even if they are in the exhibition, and he sees that this involves a type of degradation of the books. So, what I see is that those who display books should choose cartons that do not have cigarette images on them, or else they should paste paper over them to cover these images. Yes.