Is it permissible to buy books from a publishing house that stipulates its ownership of the original text upon agreeing to publish it and not rejecting it?
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There is no objection to the aforementioned condition, as long as it is with the mutual consent of both parties. There is also no impediment to purchasing books from that publishing house or engaging in any form of lawful transactions with it.
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