Is it forbidden to leave the mushaf open during side conversation?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Two men in the mosque, each reading the Qur'an from the mushaf, then they turned to each other and sat down to talk together while the mushafs were open. A man rebuked them, saying that opening the mushaf while talking is forbidden and not permissible. They closed them and then continued talking. He asks: Is his ruling of prohibition correct?
Answer:
There is no concern if they did not intend this. They were reading, and a matter came up, so they became preoccupied and the mushafs remained open; they did not intend this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Two men in the mosque, each reading the Qur'an from the mushaf, then they turned to each other and sat down to talk together while the mushafs were open. A man rebuked them, saying that opening the mushaf while talking is forbidden and not permissible. They closed them and then continued talking. He asks: Is his ruling of prohibition correct?
Answer:
There is no concern if they did not intend this. They were reading, and a matter came up, so they became preoccupied and the mushafs remained open; they did not intend this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 710- هل يحرم ترك المصحف مفتوحاً عند الحديث الجانبي؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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