Ruling on throwing away and desecrating papers containing Qur'anic verses
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Question:
This questioner who sent the truth in a message without writing his name here says: Your Eminence, Shaykh! Newspapers and schoolbooks that people use, which contain the Name of Allah, and they use them in many ways, such as wiping the fronts of shops, or reading them, and then throwing them in the trash, or eating on them, and then throwing them on the sidewalks. Is there any guidance from Your Eminence, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for the Muslim, if he has newspapers or papers containing the mention of Allah, that they not be desecrated, not used as a tablecloth, and not be desecrated. Rather, it is obligatory that they either be burned or buried in a clean place, whether they are newspapers or papers containing the mention of Allah, or the Name of Allah, or something from the Qur'an. As for if he has erased the Names of Allah from them and used them, there is no harm. But as for using them while they contain the mention of Allah, or verses from the Qur'an, making them a tablecloth, or stepping on them, or sitting on them, all of this is not permissible. The Companions burned the mushafs from which they had transcribed the Imam Mushaf, so that there would be no difference, so 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him and grant him satisfaction) burned them, and they remained in the mushafs of the Imams.
So the point is: that the thing containing the mention of Allah is not to be desecrated, but rather it is either buried in a clean place or burned. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
This questioner who sent the truth in a message without writing his name here says: Your Eminence, Shaykh! Newspapers and schoolbooks that people use, which contain the Name of Allah, and they use them in many ways, such as wiping the fronts of shops, or reading them, and then throwing them in the trash, or eating on them, and then throwing them on the sidewalks. Is there any guidance from Your Eminence, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for the Muslim, if he has newspapers or papers containing the mention of Allah, that they not be desecrated, not used as a tablecloth, and not be desecrated. Rather, it is obligatory that they either be burned or buried in a clean place, whether they are newspapers or papers containing the mention of Allah, or the Name of Allah, or something from the Qur'an. As for if he has erased the Names of Allah from them and used them, there is no harm. But as for using them while they contain the mention of Allah, or verses from the Qur'an, making them a tablecloth, or stepping on them, or sitting on them, all of this is not permissible. The Companions burned the mushafs from which they had transcribed the Imam Mushaf, so that there would be no difference, so 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him and grant him satisfaction) burned them, and they remained in the mushafs of the Imams.
So the point is: that the thing containing the mention of Allah is not to be desecrated, but rather it is either buried in a clean place or burned. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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