Teaching, Learning and Their Proprieties: Ruling on Reading Misleading or Non-Islamic Religious Books for Insight
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Teaching, Learning and Their Proprieties: Ruling on Reading Misleading or Non-Islamic Religious Books for Insight
English:
Question #1323:
What is the ruling in the matter of reading misleading books or the books that belong to other faiths in order to acquire insight into them and get more knowledge and information about them?
Answer #1323:
If it is done just to get acquainted with them and increase one’s information, it is problematic to rule it permissible. However, it is permissible for a person who is capable to sift through such books with a view to distinguishing falsehoods and refuting them provided that one is absolutely confident not to go astray.