Is it permissible for a person to listen to the Qur'an while driving, even if he may become distracted from it?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to play Qur'an tapes in the car while I am driving, knowing that I may not focus on listening to it or I may become preoccupied with something else?

Answer:
If you become preoccupied without intending to, there is nothing wrong with it. If you become preoccupied without intending to, and something simply came up that you had to attend to, and you did not intend to turn away from the Qur'an, there is nothing wrong. Then you return to it.