What is the ruling on reading the books of Al-Buni, Ibn Sina, and Thabit ibn Qurra on spiritual matters, and is it permissible to read them for information only?
Spiritual books contain falsehoods related to planets and their influence, or to astrology and magic, and it is not permissible to read them. Sheikh Ibn Baz mentioned that books of magic must be destroyed because they lead to disbelief (kufr). Al-Buni is the author of the book Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra, and Thabit ibn Qurra and Ibn Sina were philosophers.
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