What is the ruling on hanging Qur'anic verses on the walls?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O honorable Shaykh: What is the ruling on hanging Qur'anic verses on the wall?
The Shaykh : For what purpose, for what purpose are the Qur'anic verses hung?
The questioner : For decoration, or...
The Shaykh : For decoration? If it is for decoration, then they have taken the verses of Allah in mockery. How can the noble, great Qur'an, which was revealed as a healing for what is in the chests and as a lesson, be made into decoration on the walls?
The questioner : For seeking blessing.
The Shaykh : For seeking blessing? Did it come from the Salaf that they sought blessing through such things? The answer is: No, it did not come. And we, the Khalaf, are content with what sufficed the Salaf. Give me a third purpose?
The questioner : For remembrance.
The Shaykh : Do the people who sit in this place remember and read? The answer is: No, except perhaps a few, if there are any. Give me a fourth.
The questioner : To ward off the jinn.
The Shaykh : To ward off the jinn? Did it come that the Salaf ward off the jinn through such things?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : No. So how did this method escape the Salaf and open up for us? The reality is that the least we can say about it is: it is a religious innovation, along with a type of desecration of the Qur'an, because it is written on the wall on a plaque or on the wall itself[Al-Hujurat 49:12] and you find the gathering full of what? Backbiting. This is mockery. Therefore, advise every person you find who has hung verses on his walls, whether on the wall itself or on paper or the like. Advise them against this. Say, "My brother, the words of Allah are not a purpose, or are not set up for a purpose." And the same applies to what we hear on telephones while waiting; you hear the telephone reciting the Qur'an, "La ilaha illa Allah." Is the Qur'an used to fulfill a purpose? Then, it may be heard by a disbeliever or one close to disbelief, and he becomes very annoyed at hearing it, so you become the cause of the person's aversion to this noble Qur'an. Therefore, also advise those you hear reciting verses on their telephones while waiting. Then, sometimes a record is stopped on a word from a previous conversation, and the record reads a cut-off verse from that point, without knowing what its beginning is or its connection to what came before it.
And with this, this meeting ends, and until next week, if Allah wills. So, Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to You. I testify that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The Shaykh : For what purpose, for what purpose are the Qur'anic verses hung?
The questioner : For decoration, or...
The Shaykh : For decoration? If it is for decoration, then they have taken the verses of Allah in mockery. How can the noble, great Qur'an, which was revealed as a healing for what is in the chests and as a lesson, be made into decoration on the walls?
The questioner : For seeking blessing.
The Shaykh : For seeking blessing? Did it come from the Salaf that they sought blessing through such things? The answer is: No, it did not come. And we, the Khalaf, are content with what sufficed the Salaf. Give me a third purpose?
The questioner : For remembrance.
The Shaykh : Do the people who sit in this place remember and read? The answer is: No, except perhaps a few, if there are any. Give me a fourth.
The questioner : To ward off the jinn.
The Shaykh : To ward off the jinn? Did it come that the Salaf ward off the jinn through such things?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : No. So how did this method escape the Salaf and open up for us? The reality is that the least we can say about it is: it is a religious innovation, along with a type of desecration of the Qur'an, because it is written on the wall on a plaque or on the wall itself
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وَلا يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاًAnd with this, this meeting ends, and until next week, if Allah wills. So, Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to You. I testify that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.