The Ruling on Writing the Noble Qur'an on the Walls of Mosques (Such as Some People Writing on the Wall of the Mihrab: "Whenever she entered the mihrab")

The Shaykh : And so we find that in some mosques, this arch is written with This is a form of ignorance, unless the intention is to entice people to grapes that they bring and find in this mihrab, as if he wants to entice people to grapes they find in this mihrab and say, "Whenever we come to this mihrab, we find these grapes." Otherwise, he has distorted the Qur'an and placed it in a position other than its proper place. "Whenever she entered the mihrab" means the place of her prayer, not the arch of the qiblah. Pay attention, my brother, so that you know that some engineers play with people's minds and write things that have no connection to it. Writing the Qur'an above... on the walls is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and should never be done. It involves a kind of desecration of the words of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). We have even seen some people write Surah al-Ikhlas, which is considered equal to one-third of the Qur'an, on a plaque on the wall in a shape that looks like palace symbols. Do you know what "palaces" (qusur) is the plural of? He makes the great words of Allah into engravings on the walls. Or he writes verses on the wall. Why, man? Do you want to seek blessing (tabarruk) from them? If he says yes, we say this is not the way of the Salaf. Do you want people to recite them when they sit? If he says yes, we find that most people do not recite them. Do you want it to be a lesson for people so they are admonished when they sit in this place? We find that people are not admonished. A man writes in his gathering and you find people backbiting about the servants of Allah under the noble verse, as if it is a challenge to the Qur'an. It is sufficient to say that this is not the way of the righteous Salaf, who are more reverent toward the Book of Allah than we are. But, by Allah, they see that reverence is in the heart, not on the walls. I warn against writing verses on the walls. It is sufficient to say that this is not the way of the Salaf. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: Complete It is not merely following and belonging to the Tabi'un who followed them with excellence, matching the spearhead with the spearhead. The matter is not emotional or a leaning toward the Salaf while not knowing how the way of the Salaf was.