Placing the Mushaf in the corners of the house for the sake of protection
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on placing the Mushaf in every place in the house, and in every corner, for the sake of protection?
Answer:
For the sake of what? Protection means they want it to be a protective amulet for the house. This is not permissible. This is from taking amulets, and it is not permissible. You take the Mushaf into the house to read; you want to read something from it, that is fine. But if you place it for the purpose of it protecting the house, that is from taking amulets, and it is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on placing the Mushaf in every place in the house, and in every corner, for the sake of protection?
Answer:
For the sake of what? Protection means they want it to be a protective amulet for the house. This is not permissible. This is from taking amulets, and it is not permissible. You take the Mushaf into the house to read; you want to read something from it, that is fine. But if you place it for the purpose of it protecting the house, that is from taking amulets, and it is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما نجاسة الذنوب والمعاصي — islamhouse.com (57:41)
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