Is it permissible to place the mushaf on the ground or to extend one's feet toward the Ka'bah?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: It is common among us to place the mushaf on the ground or behind the one praying, and to turn one's back to the Ka'bah without regard, and to extend one's feet toward the Ka'bah. Is there anything wrong with that? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
As for placing the mushaf on the ground, it is not permissible. It is obligatory to raise the mushaf and to honor it in elevated, purified volumes held by the pure. So the mushaf is raised, on a chair or on a box. On something elevated, or you place it on a clean, pure prayer mat. As for you placing it on the dirt, that is not permissible. This is not permissible. The mushaf is preserved and honored. Did the question remain?
The questioner:
He says: And extending the feet toward the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh:
The issue of turning one's back to the Ka'bah or extending one's feet toward it, there is no blame in that, there is nothing wrong with it, because it is not the intention of the person to belittle the Ka'bah, it is not intended, but one needs to do this. You want to go, you want to leave the mosque, meaning it is necessary that you do not turn your back to the Ka'bah, you face the direction you want, even if the Ka'bah is behind your back, there is no obstacle. And when you sleep, you are now in a place where you have no choice but to extend your feet toward the Ka'bah, there is no place other than this, there is no obstacle to that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: It is common among us to place the mushaf on the ground or behind the one praying, and to turn one's back to the Ka'bah without regard, and to extend one's feet toward the Ka'bah. Is there anything wrong with that? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
As for placing the mushaf on the ground, it is not permissible. It is obligatory to raise the mushaf and to honor it in elevated, purified volumes held by the pure. So the mushaf is raised, on a chair or on a box. On something elevated, or you place it on a clean, pure prayer mat. As for you placing it on the dirt, that is not permissible. This is not permissible. The mushaf is preserved and honored. Did the question remain?
The questioner:
He says: And extending the feet toward the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh:
The issue of turning one's back to the Ka'bah or extending one's feet toward it, there is no blame in that, there is nothing wrong with it, because it is not the intention of the person to belittle the Ka'bah, it is not intended, but one needs to do this. You want to go, you want to leave the mosque, meaning it is necessary that you do not turn your back to the Ka'bah, you face the direction you want, even if the Ka'bah is behind your back, there is no obstacle. And when you sleep, you are now in a place where you have no choice but to extend your feet toward the Ka'bah, there is no place other than this, there is no obstacle to that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز وضع المصحف على الأرض أو مد القدم تجاه الكعبة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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