The Ruling on Selling Mushafs

The questioner:
With food in the lands of the Egyptian side. I want the man to sell the mushaf.

The Shaykh:
The mushaf, by Allah, is a matter of concern; meaning, selling it is a matter of concern. However, if one cannot obtain a mushaf except by buying it, he buys it. Yes. The bookstore. The boys who sell. These bookstores are not exposed to this; they are still open and selling mushafs, and they have not been prevented from this. Although the school of thought holds that it is not permissible to sell mushafs, but given that people’s need calls for this, and if we prevented the sale of mushafs, obtaining them would be hindered. The correct view, if Allah wills, is that there is no harm in it. Yes. And Ibn 'Umar said, "I wish that hands were cut off for selling mushafs," right? But this is difficult. If the sale of mushafs is prevented, their distribution is prevented. And in their sale, there is facilitation for people and dissemination of mushafs. So the correct view, if Allah wills, is that there is no harm. And bookstores are still open in the lands of the Islamic world, and no scholar has prevented this or denied it. Yes.

The questioner:
Prohibiting you from selling mushafs. What?

The Shaykh:
They say because the Qur'an is not wealth, and the item being sold must be