The ruling on quoting verses from the Qur'an in messages and tweets
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In these days, messages and what are called tweets are common, and they contain quotations from the Qur'an. For example, may Allah preserve you, a person says his companions went on a trip, but he stayed behind with them, then he regretted it, so he sent them a message which is[An-Nisa 4:73]. He asks: Is this permissible?
Answer:
How do you know that going with them would be a great victory? Huh? And if they are liars, and if they are sinners, and if they are people, how do you know that if you were with them you would achieve a great victory? This is a desecration of the Noble Qur'an, and it is not permissible to use it in such nonsense and jokes. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In these days, messages and what are called tweets are common, and they contain quotations from the Qur'an. For example, may Allah preserve you, a person says his companions went on a trip, but he stayed behind with them, then he regretted it, so he sent them a message which is
Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment."
يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًاAnswer:
How do you know that going with them would be a great victory? Huh? And if they are liars, and if they are sinners, and if they are people, how do you know that if you were with them you would achieve a great victory? This is a desecration of the Noble Qur'an, and it is not permissible to use it in such nonsense and jokes. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : ومن علامات صحة القلب — islamhouse.com (1:07:12)
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