What is the ruling on writing Qur'anic verses on hotel signs?
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Question : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view, regarding those who place verses of Allah on hotel signs in front of the hotel entrance? Does this fall under advertising or not? One of the hotels wrote this verse in front of the door: [Al-Mu'minun 23:29]
Answer : Writing verses like these that remind people of what they should do, I see nothing wrong with that. So if one writes[Al-Mu'minun 23:29] from [Al-Mu'minun 23:29] at the entrance of the door, I hope there is no harm in that, no harm in it. But if it is adopted as a form of adornment
And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].' "
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِي مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْمُنزِلِينَAnswer : Writing verses like these that remind people of what they should do, I see nothing wrong with that. So if one writes
And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِي مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُthe best to accommodate [us].' "
الْمُنزِلِينَ
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دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1412 هـ - 4 — binothaimeen.net (1:28:39)
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