Carrying the Mushaf in the Car and the Newspaper’s Fatwa

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah guide you. One of the newspapers published a fatwa from you stating that it is not permissible to carry the Mushaf in the car, on the grounds that one believes it will protect him. However, they placed the headline on the first page: “Shaykh al-Farun Zayn says it is not permissible to carry the Mushaf in the car,” and they did not complete the answer. Consequently, whoever reads the first page assumes that you are issuing a fatwa that it is absolutely not permissible. What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh? And what is the detail?

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, a person recites the Qur’an when he stops, or when he is not resting, or when he is walking, provided he is not the driver, but is a passenger in the car reading the Qur’an, or he takes the Mushaf for a need, the need of recitation—there is nothing wrong with that. And the answer is detailed and qualified, praise be to Allah. If they deleted some of it and kept some of it for the sake of distortion, then their reckoning is with Allah.