Ruling on Hanging Qur'anic Verses and Hadiths in Gathering Places or in Cars
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What is the ruling on hanging Qur'anic verses and noble hadiths in a gathering place, for example, or in a car, or elsewhere?
Hanging Qur'anic verses in gathering places is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that people have introduced, and it was not known in the time of the righteous Salaf. This is because the Noble Qur'an is not embroidery to be embroidered on walls or used to decorate them, as we have seen some people hang a plaque on which a verse is written, and they make this verse look like a palace, such that it is designed in the style of the architecture found on balconies. Some of them have hung Surat [al-Ikhlas: 1] in this manner,If you see him saying: which is a palace, and the Qur'an is too noble to be a decoration or embroidery on walls.
And if the intention behind it is seeking blessing (tabarruk): Seeking blessing (tabarruk) is not by writing the Book of Allah and hanging it on walls,Seeking blessing (tabarruk) with the Qur'an in reality is: but by reciting it, for every letter of it is ten good deeds.
Likewise, if the intention behind it is taking heed and remembering: We have not found that a gathering place in which some of the verses of Allah are written increases in the people's mindfulness of Allah, their taking heed, or their remembrance. Rather, we see that in some of these gathering places, evil is committed; smoking is done, people are backtalked about, and their reputations are devoured. This is nothing but a type of mockery; the Book of Allah is above his head while he stays up in disobedience to Allah! And if the intention behind it is protection and a regular recitation,Just as verses are hung on chests: then this is also an innovation (bid'ah), for the righteous Salaf did not seek protection in this way, nor did they write verses on their walls.
And this last point—I mean: that the intention is protection—requires that a person rely on it and not recite it himself,Meaning: the verses that contain protection, such as the Verse of the Throne; whoever recites it in the night, a protector from Allah will remain with him, and no Shaytan will approach him until morning. And like the last two verses of Surat al-Baqarah; whoever recites them in the night, they will suffice him. So you find a person relying on what is written in this gathering place or at the front of the house and its entrance,And he says: thinking that the house is now protected by the verses written in it, while he neglects the true protection, which is in recitation.
Therefore, we see that these verses should not be hung on walls.
As for hadiths, if what is appropriate to the occasion is hung, such as hanging the expiation of the gathering, then there is nothing wrong with it; because this is a reminder, and people benefit from it.So if a person sees something written at the door of the gathering place: The expiation of the gathering is to say: "Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, Allahumma ighfir li" (Glory is to You, O our Lord, and praise, O Allah, forgive me). He will remember this and say it.
Likewise, hanging things in cars, if the hanging in cars consists of appropriate, transmitted dhikr, such as a person hanging the supplication for riding in the car, then this is good, a reminder, and there is nothing wrong with it. Every person feels that he benefits from it. How wonderful it would be if the writing were in large letters, so that those in the back can read it; because this small writing can only be read by those next to it, or the one who reads it, while those in the back cannot read it. So if it were made in large script, if possible, so that those in the back can read it, that would be good.
Hanging Qur'anic verses in gathering places is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that people have introduced, and it was not known in the time of the righteous Salaf. This is because the Noble Qur'an is not embroidery to be embroidered on walls or used to decorate them, as we have seen some people hang a plaque on which a verse is written, and they make this verse look like a palace, such that it is designed in the style of the architecture found on balconies. Some of them have hung Surat
Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌAnd if the intention behind it is seeking blessing (tabarruk): Seeking blessing (tabarruk) is not by writing the Book of Allah and hanging it on walls,Seeking blessing (tabarruk) with the Qur'an in reality is: but by reciting it, for every letter of it is ten good deeds.
Likewise, if the intention behind it is taking heed and remembering: We have not found that a gathering place in which some of the verses of Allah are written increases in the people's mindfulness of Allah, their taking heed, or their remembrance. Rather, we see that in some of these gathering places, evil is committed; smoking is done, people are backtalked about, and their reputations are devoured. This is nothing but a type of mockery; the Book of Allah is above his head while he stays up in disobedience to Allah! And if the intention behind it is protection and a regular recitation,Just as verses are hung on chests: then this is also an innovation (bid'ah), for the righteous Salaf did not seek protection in this way, nor did they write verses on their walls.
And this last point—I mean: that the intention is protection—requires that a person rely on it and not recite it himself,Meaning: the verses that contain protection, such as the Verse of the Throne; whoever recites it in the night, a protector from Allah will remain with him, and no Shaytan will approach him until morning. And like the last two verses of Surat al-Baqarah; whoever recites them in the night, they will suffice him. So you find a person relying on what is written in this gathering place or at the front of the house and its entrance,And he says: thinking that the house is now protected by the verses written in it, while he neglects the true protection, which is in recitation.
Therefore, we see that these verses should not be hung on walls.
As for hadiths, if what is appropriate to the occasion is hung, such as hanging the expiation of the gathering, then there is nothing wrong with it; because this is a reminder, and people benefit from it.So if a person sees something written at the door of the gathering place: The expiation of the gathering is to say: "Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, Allahumma ighfir li" (Glory is to You, O our Lord, and praise, O Allah, forgive me). He will remember this and say it.
Likewise, hanging things in cars, if the hanging in cars consists of appropriate, transmitted dhikr, such as a person hanging the supplication for riding in the car, then this is good, a reminder, and there is nothing wrong with it. Every person feels that he benefits from it. How wonderful it would be if the writing were in large letters, so that those in the back can read it; because this small writing can only be read by those next to it, or the one who reads it, while those in the back cannot read it. So if it were made in large script, if possible, so that those in the back can read it, that would be good.