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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The fear that placing the mushaf on the chair in front of the worshippers may become a sunnah among the people, so if one tries to remove the mushaf from the chair, people think that he has

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The questioner : The Qur'an today... what was... he means he is afraid of placing the mushaf in front of the worshippers in this manner. He says that now most mosques have the stand... the mushaf... in front of... he is afraid that this will become a sunnah among the people. So if you try to move it for any reason, people think that you have introduced an innovation in the mosques. So he is afraid...

The Shaykh : No, this is very far-fetched. It did not... cross his mind... this is waswasah (whispering of Satan), because these chairs are used to facilitate reading from the mushaf, and this is undoubtedly better than many of the reciters who sometimes place the mushaf open between their legs. This contradicts the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)
And whoever honors the symbols of Allah - indeed, it is from the piety of hearts. ومن يعظم شعائر الله فإنها من تقوى القلوب
[Al-Hajj 22:32]
And sometimes you see a very disgusting sight, at his foot, not at his leg or at his knee... the sitting or the posture is a bit strange. So there is nothing wrong with it at all. This idea or fear is like waswasah... give us some water if possible.
Source alathar.net

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