What is the ruling on writing verses in the standard orthographic script?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on writing verses in the standard orthographic script?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Writing verses in the standard orthographic script?
The Shaykh : Standard orthographic, meaning according to the new, modern convention?
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : There is a difference of opinion among the scholars on this. Some scholars say: The mushaf should be written according to the rules of orthography at all times, in every era, according to its own standards, so that people do not get confused in reading the Qur'an. And we know that if the orthographic rule in the time of the Companions, when the mushaf was written, had been the rule of today, what would they have written? You, my brother the questioner, are on the same rule, but the rule at that time happened to be the Uthmanic script. So writing the mushaf according to orthography at the time of its first writing is not an act of worship, but it follows the convention. So if the convention changes, the writing changes. Did you understand or not? Good, because if it were read according to the Uthmanic script, the reading would be disrupted. For example, how is the word "prayer" written in the Uthmanic script? With a waw and a taa. "Zakah" is the same. "Riba" is with a waw, and so on.
And some say: It must be written in the Uthmanic script, because if it were written according to the agreed-upon rule, and then people looked at the Uthmanic script, they would say: The Qur'an has changed. Did you understand? And because writing it in the Uthmanic script serves as a reminder of its writing in the time of the Companions, so the person is influenced by emulating the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). And some distinguished between the two, saying: As for the beginners, the small children who read in the slates, it is written for them according to the rule known to them so that they read it correctly. But for the advanced, it is not written except according to the Uthmanic script. And this opinion is the closest of the three opinions to the truth, and it is the one that distinguishes. Did you understand my words or not? I ask you, did you understand my words or not? Say yes or no?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : Good, what if it is written in books other than the mushaf?
The Shaykh : No, this is easier. I mean, if a person brings a verse as a citation, meaning as an argument, then here we may say: It is written according to the known rule. Because if people referred to the mushaf, they would find it in the Uthmanic script. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Writing verses in the standard orthographic script?
The Shaykh : Standard orthographic, meaning according to the new, modern convention?
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : There is a difference of opinion among the scholars on this. Some scholars say: The mushaf should be written according to the rules of orthography at all times, in every era, according to its own standards, so that people do not get confused in reading the Qur'an. And we know that if the orthographic rule in the time of the Companions, when the mushaf was written, had been the rule of today, what would they have written? You, my brother the questioner, are on the same rule, but the rule at that time happened to be the Uthmanic script. So writing the mushaf according to orthography at the time of its first writing is not an act of worship, but it follows the convention. So if the convention changes, the writing changes. Did you understand or not? Good, because if it were read according to the Uthmanic script, the reading would be disrupted. For example, how is the word "prayer" written in the Uthmanic script? With a waw and a taa. "Zakah" is the same. "Riba" is with a waw, and so on.
And some say: It must be written in the Uthmanic script, because if it were written according to the agreed-upon rule, and then people looked at the Uthmanic script, they would say: The Qur'an has changed. Did you understand? And because writing it in the Uthmanic script serves as a reminder of its writing in the time of the Companions, so the person is influenced by emulating the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). And some distinguished between the two, saying: As for the beginners, the small children who read in the slates, it is written for them according to the rule known to them so that they read it correctly. But for the advanced, it is not written except according to the Uthmanic script. And this opinion is the closest of the three opinions to the truth, and it is the one that distinguishes. Did you understand my words or not? I ask you, did you understand my words or not? Say yes or no?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : Good, what if it is written in books other than the mushaf?
The Shaykh : No, this is easier. I mean, if a person brings a verse as a citation, meaning as an argument, then here we may say: It is written according to the known rule. Because if people referred to the mushaf, they would find it in the Uthmanic script. Yes.