The ruling on writing verses of the Qur'an in a place where they are subject to disrespect
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: A model of the Noble Qur'an was placed in one of the restrooms on the main road.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
A model of the Noble Qur'an.
The Shaykh:
Do you mean a model of the mushaf? The Noble Qur'an is not made into a model; it is not possible to make a model of it, because it is speech, the speech of Allah. But do you mean the mushaf? Yes.
The questioner:
To complete the question, Shaykh, he says that some verses from the Noble Mushaf were written on this model in Uthmanic script, and the speech of Allah the Exalted became exposed to disrespect. Dust and rain come to it, birds land on it, and perhaps filth is placed on it. Is there any guidance?
The Shaykh:
They say it is forbidden, it is forbidden to write the mushaf, it is forbidden to write the Qur'an in a way that it is disrespected. The Qur'an is not written in a place where it is subject to disrespect. If it is written in the streets or on signs, it is exposed, and the sign falls and is trampled, or dust comes to it, or whatever comes to it, then this is exposing it to disrespect, and this is not permissible.
The Qur'an is preserved in the chests and written in the mushafs, and it is not written on signs or on things whose purpose is not recitation, and whose purpose is not that, but rather whose purpose is decoration. The purpose of decorations is showing off, and this is not permissible with the Qur'an. The Qur'an is respected and kept away from these matters, yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: A model of the Noble Qur'an was placed in one of the restrooms on the main road.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
A model of the Noble Qur'an.
The Shaykh:
Do you mean a model of the mushaf? The Noble Qur'an is not made into a model; it is not possible to make a model of it, because it is speech, the speech of Allah. But do you mean the mushaf? Yes.
The questioner:
To complete the question, Shaykh, he says that some verses from the Noble Mushaf were written on this model in Uthmanic script, and the speech of Allah the Exalted became exposed to disrespect. Dust and rain come to it, birds land on it, and perhaps filth is placed on it. Is there any guidance?
The Shaykh:
They say it is forbidden, it is forbidden to write the mushaf, it is forbidden to write the Qur'an in a way that it is disrespected. The Qur'an is not written in a place where it is subject to disrespect. If it is written in the streets or on signs, it is exposed, and the sign falls and is trampled, or dust comes to it, or whatever comes to it, then this is exposing it to disrespect, and this is not permissible.
The Qur'an is preserved in the chests and written in the mushafs, and it is not written on signs or on things whose purpose is not recitation, and whose purpose is not that, but rather whose purpose is decoration. The purpose of decorations is showing off, and this is not permissible with the Qur'an. The Qur'an is respected and kept away from these matters, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [423] حكم كتابة آيات القرآن في مكان يناله إهانة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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