The Ruling on Carrying the Mushaf in a Car

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! One of the newspapers published a fatwa from you stating that it is not permissible to carry the mushaf in a car, on the grounds that one believes it will protect him. However, they placed a headline on the first page stating only that it is not permissible to carry the mushaf in a car, and they did not complete the statement regarding its permissibility. Consequently, anyone who reads the first page assumes that you are ruling that it is absolutely not permissible. What is your view, and what is the nature of this?

Answer:
Their reckoning is with Allah. If they did this, their reckoning is with Allah. Placing the mushaf in the car for the purpose of warding off the evil eye is among what we mentioned regarding hanging amulets. As for placing it in the car for the purpose of recitation—that is, for a person to recite the Qur'an when he stops and rests, or while he is walking, provided he is not the one who asked the question—the one who is riding in the car and reads the Qur'an and takes the mushaf for the need of recitation, there is nothing wrong with that. And the answer is explained and qualified, praise be to Allah. If they deleted some of it and kept some of it for the sake of distortion, their reckoning is with Allah.