Is it permissible to throw away tapes containing recordings of some of the noble verses and some of the hadiths in the trash?
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The questioner : The female listener also asks: Is it permissible to throw away tapes containing recordings of some of the noble Qur'anic verses and some of the noble hadiths in the trash? And if that is not permissible, what must we do after they are damaged? Please inform us of this?
The Shaykh : Yes. These tapes that contain something of the noble verses or the Prophetic hadiths do not show any trace of the verses or the hadiths; that is, no image of the verses or the hadiths appears on this tape.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : Rather, they are particles or tones that, when they pass over the reels in the recorder, produce this sound. Therefore, the rulings applicable to paper on which something of the Qur'an or the Prophetic hadiths is written do not apply to them. If a person throws them in any place, on the condition that he does not intend to insult them, there is no blame on him for that. Likewise, if he enters a place for relieving himself with them, there is nothing wrong with that, because the verses or the hadiths do not appear on these tapes. Yes.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : Yes. These tapes that contain something of the noble verses or the Prophetic hadiths do not show any trace of the verses or the hadiths; that is, no image of the verses or the hadiths appears on this tape.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : Rather, they are particles or tones that, when they pass over the reels in the recorder, produce this sound. Therefore, the rulings applicable to paper on which something of the Qur'an or the Prophetic hadiths is written do not apply to them. If a person throws them in any place, on the condition that he does not intend to insult them, there is no blame on him for that. Likewise, if he enters a place for relieving himself with them, there is nothing wrong with that, because the verses or the hadiths do not appear on these tapes. Yes.
The questioner : Very well.