What is the ruling on replacing people's speech with the Noble Qur'an?
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The student: The verses that were mentioned in the Qur'an, for example... people... was there a prohibition against using them in other than their proper place?
The Shaykh : No, citing them is not a problem. But making the Qur'an a substitute for speech is forbidden. For this reason, the author of *Jawahir al-Adab* mentioned a story which he titled, "Speaking with the Noble Qur'an instead of speech." He related the story of a woman who addressed her children with the Qur'an. When she said, "Go to breakfast," she would say, "Give us our breakfast." And when she ordered them to buy a need from the market, she would say, "Send one of you with this paper of yours to the city," and the like. Then he said at the end of the story, "This is a woman of such-and-such years who speaks with the Qur'an for fear that she might slip and the Most Merciful would be angry with her." In reality, she slipped completely, applying the verses of the Noble Qur'an to her own specific purposes. This is not permissible. As for citing the Qur'an, such as seeing a man infatuated with this world and saying:[Al-Kahf 18:46] This is not a problem. It was reported in the hadith that the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, when he saw al-Hasan and al-Husayn stumbling over a new garment of theirs, he descended and took them and said: صدقَ الله إنما أموالكم وأولادكم فتنة The truth of Allah, indeed your wealth and your children are a trial The time is up, okay.
The Shaykh : No, citing them is not a problem. But making the Qur'an a substitute for speech is forbidden. For this reason, the author of *Jawahir al-Adab* mentioned a story which he titled, "Speaking with the Noble Qur'an instead of speech." He related the story of a woman who addressed her children with the Qur'an. When she said, "Go to breakfast," she would say, "Give us our breakfast." And when she ordered them to buy a need from the market, she would say, "Send one of you with this paper of yours to the city," and the like. Then he said at the end of the story, "This is a woman of such-and-such years who speaks with the Qur'an for fear that she might slip and the Most Merciful would be angry with her." In reality, she slipped completely, applying the verses of the Noble Qur'an to her own specific purposes. This is not permissible. As for citing the Qur'an, such as seeing a man infatuated with this world and saying: