Question: We have endowed books, all of them manuscript volumes weakened by age. They were originally endowed upon a learned person from the progeny (al-dhurriyyah) and upon a righteous seeker of knowledge. In our time, all those endowed books have been printed and are readily available, which has led to diminished use of the manuscripts and to reliance on the printed editions instead.
Moreover, among the progeny there are few\u2014perhaps no\u2014seekers of knowledge. For roughly twenty years these books have been shut away in boxes, with no one benefiting from them; we fear for them from decay and bookworm damage. What is required, and what is the solution\u2014bearing in mind the weakness and deterioration that have overtaken them over time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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