Quoting verses from the Qur'an to write them on cans
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Fatwa No. ( 204 ):
Q: Thatthere are some cans for selling milk, and on the can is written a verse from the Noble Qur'anit[An-Nahl 16:66], and the fate of these cans after use is being thrown into the trash and being desecrated. If it is not permissible to place them on the cans or throw them in the filth, then please inform me; so that I may convey this to the milk sellers to be cautious in this matter. May Allah preserve you
The Committee responded as follows: These people take words from the Qur'an and the hadith, but they do not intend to narrate them as being Qur'an or hadith. Therefore, they do not say "Allah the Exalted said" or "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said." Rather, they took them because they found them pleasing and because they were appropriate for what they intended to use them for, such as placing them on a sign or using them in advertising for what was written on them. By doing so, in their writing, they ceased to be Qur'an or hadith. Such a thing is called quotation (iqtibas). According to the scholars of rhetoric (al-badi'), it is taking something from the Qur'an or hadith by other than the way of narration, in order to make the speech prose or poetry. Accordingly, its ruling is not the ruling of the Qur'an, such as the prohibition of carrying it or touching it without being in a state of ritual purity, or the prohibition of reciting it while in a state of major ritual impurity. However, it is not befitting for a Muslim to quote something
from the Qur'an or hadith for base purposes, or to write it as a title or advertisement for a craft, profession, or lowly work; because the quotation itself for such purposes contains disrespect. As for throwing written papers, cans, or vessels written upon into filth or the like, or using them in a way that involves disrespecting them, that is not permissible. If what is written is Qur'an, that is more dangerous. If one intends by throwing what contains the Qur'an to disrespect it, or if one is heedless in throwing it into filth or using it in it, that is disbelief. And success is from Allah. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: Thatthere are some cans for selling milk, and on the can is written a verse from the Noble Qur'anit
pure milk, palatable to drinkers.
لَبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِلشَّارِبِينَThe Committee responded as follows: These people take words from the Qur'an and the hadith, but they do not intend to narrate them as being Qur'an or hadith. Therefore, they do not say "Allah the Exalted said" or "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said." Rather, they took them because they found them pleasing and because they were appropriate for what they intended to use them for, such as placing them on a sign or using them in advertising for what was written on them. By doing so, in their writing, they ceased to be Qur'an or hadith. Such a thing is called quotation (iqtibas). According to the scholars of rhetoric (al-badi'), it is taking something from the Qur'an or hadith by other than the way of narration, in order to make the speech prose or poetry. Accordingly, its ruling is not the ruling of the Qur'an, such as the prohibition of carrying it or touching it without being in a state of ritual purity, or the prohibition of reciting it while in a state of major ritual impurity. However, it is not befitting for a Muslim to quote something
from the Qur'an or hadith for base purposes, or to write it as a title or advertisement for a craft, profession, or lowly work; because the quotation itself for such purposes contains disrespect. As for throwing written papers, cans, or vessels written upon into filth or the like, or using them in a way that involves disrespecting them, that is not permissible. If what is written is Qur'an, that is more dangerous. If one intends by throwing what contains the Qur'an to disrespect it, or if one is heedless in throwing it into filth or using it in it, that is disbelief. And success is from Allah. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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