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  • Forgetting the Quran out of Negligence is a Sin

    I memorised some Surahs and a few scattered sentences from the Quran but forgot them due to negligence. Recently I found that some scholars, like Ibn Taymiyyah and Abu Al-'Aaliyah consider this a grave major sin or a minor sin. I know that some modern scholars say the hadiths a weak but still it could be a sin. my question is: am I OBLIGED to re-memorise.. More

  • Unable to Correctly Recite The Quran

    Assalamualaikum i am from india and dont know peoper tajweed ...i didnt take tajweed classes,didnt search for a tajweed teacher ,i stay in hostel and its difficult to get a tajweed teacher i am planning to learn it after 6 months as my studies will be over in shaa Allah but my question is are my prayers valid till then ? As i may make mistakes in surah.. More

  • Touching the Quran while in the State of Ritual Impurity

    As salamu alaikum,My friend picked me up one day and I noticed that in her car was the Quran in the backseat. I did not have wudu so I didn't touch it to move it someheree else so I just left it there. It was in place the entire time until my friend did a sharp turn. The Qu'ran than fell onto the ground. I immediately turned towards the back seat and.. More

  • Setting a Specific Time of the Year for Reciting the Quran: Innovation

    what are the implication fixing the date for the Quran reading or recitation in each and every year? .. More

  • Methods of Interpreting and Memorizing the Qur'an

    السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاتهThey say there is no order in the topics in the Quran and they find it difficult. .. More

  • Reward of parents whose child learned Quran

    Assalaamu alaykum. It says in a hadith that the parents of one who memorises the Quran will be given a crown to wear on the day of Judgement. Will this also happen if the parents did not teach their child the Quran but did support him in his religion and raised him well, despite their sins and shortcomings? Would this also mean that they would not be.. More

  • Repeating Basmalah when repeating Soorah

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I was told that reciting Surah Al-Iklaas [Quran 112] thrice is equal to reading the whole Quran. Should one recite the Basmalah (saying Bismillaahi Ar-Rahmaani Ar-Raheem [in the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful]) each time for that, or is reciting it once enough? Kindly clarify. .. More

  • Allowing children to touch the Quran

    Assalaamu alaykum. Can children touch and open the Quran (having only Arabic script)? What is the ruling on that? May Allah reward you. .. More

  • How often should one recite whole Quran?

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. in our masjid, our imam said that it is the right of the Quran to recite it once a year. I know the hadith that was narrated by Al-Bukhaari (4614) from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with Him, who said, "Jibreel used to review the Quran with the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,once.. More

  • Handling copybooks with Islamic content

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have an important question; please reply soon. I study Islam at school, so I write Allaah's name in my notebooks very often. Do I have to respect these books with the same degree as the Mushaf (physical copy of the Quran)? Does that mean that I cannot stack them? What about folding the paper that contains verses or Allaah's name?.. More

  • Removing dust from Mus-haf

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have read some time back in your fatwas that the Quran or any other paper which contains Islamic content has to be kept free from dust, dirt, and so on. The day I have read this, life has become very stressful for me. I keep on thinking and searching in my home for any Islamic books, even school textbooks of the kids, and clean.. More

  • Handling items on which Quran is written

    Assalamu alaykum. Today, there are pictures of Islamic buildings with inscriptions from the Quran etc. on plastic bags, copybook covers, posters, photos etc. Can we use them? Should we keep them instead of throwing them away? And if a person sees such plastic bags etc. with such pictures on the ground, should that person take them from that place in.. More

  • Reciting soorah that requires prostration every night

    Assalaamu alaykum. It is my habit to recite Surah As-Sajdah and drink milk at night before sleeping. In Surah As-Sajdah, there is a prostration, so am I supposed to do the prostration given that I recite this surah every day? .. More

  • Respect of Arabic text

    If there is a paper that says 'masjid' on it, is it permissible to sit on it? Also, if there is a car that has written 'Sunnah' or 'karama' on it, and then when people sit in this car, these phases/writing may be at a lower level than the feet, is that wrong? I am not making things up; I am giving examples of situations which I have faced, so please.. More

  • Cleaning dust that falls on Quran

    If there are many Mus-hafs (physical copy of the Quran) and Islamic books with Allah's name in them, do I have to check every one of them for dust? And if I do not clean the Mus-haf that has dust on it when I think I should clean it, does that constitute disbelief? I am sorry, again, for asking too many questions. .. More