Is it permissible to quote and publish from books scanned with a scanner, and attribute the matter to their authors, based on the permissibility of personal use of them? And is it permissible to transfer sentences from them and add them to other sentences from the internet for rephrasing without mentioning the source? And is it permissible to place images taken from this book on my website with mention of their source?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
It is permissible to benefit from ideas and insights gained from illegally copied books because the prohibition is not directed at them, but rather at the book as a whole. Therefore, quoting from copied books is permissible, as merely quoting does not constitute an infringement on the authors' rights.
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