What is your opinion on the suggestion by one of the benefactors to print your books in his charitable projects?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: With you is Salah al-'Id from Al-Khabar in Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Praise be to Allah, your voice is faint.
The questioner: How is your health?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: How is the voice now? Do you hear me well, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: I hear you with difficulty, as if you are speaking from a well. I do not know why.
The questioner: There is ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: I will raise my voice more.
The Shaykh: But why is the device like this? I know that devices in Saudi Arabia are strong.
The questioner: Perhaps the lines are congested.
The Shaykh: Okay, what do you want?
The questioner: In any case, O Shaykh, there is a matter regarding one of the benefactors who has some charitable projects, and he suggested to you to print your books, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: What is your opinion?
The Shaykh: How is this, my brother? How is this possible?
The questioner: We are asking you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I am not able to discuss such issues over the phone.
The questioner: Okay, do you want us, O Shaykh, to have a preliminary discussion and then visit you based on that?
The Shaykh: The preliminary discussion is that there are books that have come out of my possession and have become the property of the publishers, and there are other books that are still in my possession. An agreement can be made on these. Then, does he want to print them for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), or does he want to trade in them as publishers and office owners do? All of this must be investigated.
The questioner: O Shaykh, he wants to print them for the sake of Allah and does not want to benefit from them materially. What is required, O Shaykh, are the books that have not yet been published.
The Shaykh: Yes, should he not know what can be published from them and what he considers suitable for publication? All of this cannot be investigated like this over the phone.
The questioner: And he wants to print them and invest them in ways of good, so that their proceeds are in the way of good and spent on acts of righteousness.
The Shaykh: In any case, my brother, those who contact us for this specific purpose are very numerous from various countries, and investigation via phone is very difficult. I am not one who can say "come," especially for this, because the matter may result in a negative outcome rather than a positive one.
The questioner: But if we come to you, O Shaykh, will you receive us?
The Shaykh: I will not receive you, but this depends on my personal circumstances.
The questioner: Okay, perhaps we, O Shaykh, will come to you, and if we want to come to you, we will inform you beforehand.
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings and His forgiveness.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: With you is Salah al-'Id from Al-Khabar in Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Praise be to Allah, your voice is faint.
The questioner: How is your health?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: How is the voice now? Do you hear me well, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: I hear you with difficulty, as if you are speaking from a well. I do not know why.
The questioner: There is ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: I will raise my voice more.
The Shaykh: But why is the device like this? I know that devices in Saudi Arabia are strong.
The questioner: Perhaps the lines are congested.
The Shaykh: Okay, what do you want?
The questioner: In any case, O Shaykh, there is a matter regarding one of the benefactors who has some charitable projects, and he suggested to you to print your books, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: What is your opinion?
The Shaykh: How is this, my brother? How is this possible?
The questioner: We are asking you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I am not able to discuss such issues over the phone.
The questioner: Okay, do you want us, O Shaykh, to have a preliminary discussion and then visit you based on that?
The Shaykh: The preliminary discussion is that there are books that have come out of my possession and have become the property of the publishers, and there are other books that are still in my possession. An agreement can be made on these. Then, does he want to print them for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), or does he want to trade in them as publishers and office owners do? All of this must be investigated.
The questioner: O Shaykh, he wants to print them for the sake of Allah and does not want to benefit from them materially. What is required, O Shaykh, are the books that have not yet been published.
The Shaykh: Yes, should he not know what can be published from them and what he considers suitable for publication? All of this cannot be investigated like this over the phone.
The questioner: And he wants to print them and invest them in ways of good, so that their proceeds are in the way of good and spent on acts of righteousness.
The Shaykh: In any case, my brother, those who contact us for this specific purpose are very numerous from various countries, and investigation via phone is very difficult. I am not one who can say "come," especially for this, because the matter may result in a negative outcome rather than a positive one.
The questioner: But if we come to you, O Shaykh, will you receive us?
The Shaykh: I will not receive you, but this depends on my personal circumstances.
The questioner: Okay, perhaps we, O Shaykh, will come to you, and if we want to come to you, we will inform you beforehand.
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings and His forgiveness.
Source
www.al-albany.com
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.