What is the ruling on kissing the mushaf?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you. The ruling on kissing the mushaf and directing what is narrated from some of the Companions, that they used to place it...
The Shaykh : Repeat the question?
The questioner : Heard.
The Shaykh : Repeat the question?
The questioner : What is the ruling on kissing the mushaf?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you. What is the ruling on that? Along with directing the action of some of the Companions, that they used to...
The Shaykh : With what?
The questioner : Directing what is narrated from some of the Companions, that they used to kiss it and place it on their chests?
The Shaykh : I do not think it is authentic from the Companions. This is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that was introduced recently. The correct view is that it is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and that it should not be kissed. Nothing among inanimate objects is kissed except for one thing, and that is?
The student: The Black Stone.
The Shaykh : The Black Stone. Nothing else is kissed. The reality of respecting the mushaf is that one does not touch it except in a state of ritual purity (taharah), and that one acts in accordance with what is in it, by believing the reports, obeying the commands, and avoiding the prohibitions.
The Shaykh : Repeat the question?
The questioner : Heard.
The Shaykh : Repeat the question?
The questioner : What is the ruling on kissing the mushaf?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you. What is the ruling on that? Along with directing the action of some of the Companions, that they used to...
The Shaykh : With what?
The questioner : Directing what is narrated from some of the Companions, that they used to kiss it and place it on their chests?
The Shaykh : I do not think it is authentic from the Companions. This is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that was introduced recently. The correct view is that it is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and that it should not be kissed. Nothing among inanimate objects is kissed except for one thing, and that is?
The student: The Black Stone.
The Shaykh : The Black Stone. Nothing else is kissed. The reality of respecting the mushaf is that one does not touch it except in a state of ritual purity (taharah), and that one acts in accordance with what is in it, by believing the reports, obeying the commands, and avoiding the prohibitions.