The ruling on hanging Qur'anic verses in shops to attract livelihood

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on one who hangs Qur'anic verses in his shop or in his supplies to attract livelihood or ward off harm or loss?

The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. He has taken the Qur'an for these things. The Qur'an is too noble to be used for advertising and attracting customers, or to say that it brings livelihood. The Qur'an was revealed for action, worship, and recitation. Using the Qur'an to this extent is not permissible. Likewise, the one who records the Qur'an so that customers come, making it like a market, this is not permissible. This is a desecration of the Qur'an. And this is using the Qur'an to seek worldly life. Taking the Qur'an as a means to seek worldly life is not permissible.

The presenter:
Please proceed.

The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. It is a desecration of the Qur'an, meaning making it a means for the world. It is a desecration.

The presenter:
And there is no doubt in the desecrations.

The Shaykh:
It is a type of desecration. It is not like the desecration of stepping on it with feet or tearing it, but it is considered disbelief. But this is a type of desecration, a type of desecration, yes.

The presenter:
We say it is minor.

The Shaykh:
The desecration varies; some of it is more severe than some, yes. The one who urinates on the mushaf commits disbelief, and the one who tears the mushaf commits disbelief if it is from the aspect of desecration. As for the one who hangs verses or the like, this is considered a type of desecration, but it does not reach the level of disbelief or prohibition, until it may be a disliked desecration. Yes.