Is it permissible to work on authoring a book for someone else, where their name appears as the primary author, with the writer’s name mentioned among the contributors, knowing that the writer will be the one to research, connect, and formulate the content?
If the agent's role is limited to choosing the topic and outlining the main points, then attributing the authorship of the book to him is a form of deception and falsehood. This ruling does not change merely by mentioning the questioner's name and thanking her.
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