What should be done with books that were endowed to the mosque library and contain religious innovations and images?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, a person is asking and saying that in one of the mosque libraries there are books containing religious innovations and others containing images, and their owners have brought them as endowments for this library. What do we do with these books?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for 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 also harm them in terms of morals regarding the images, even if the owner has endowed them. However, if the owner is alive, he should be informed and told: It is not permissible for you to place this in the library, and we see that you should buy useful books in its place.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for 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 also harm them in terms of morals regarding the images, even if the owner has endowed them. However, if the owner is alive, he should be informed and told: It is not permissible for you to place this in the library, and we see that you should buy useful books in its place.