QUESTION: Can I touch quran while on menses without a barrier which has translations in english and quran in arabic ?

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
29 Mar

ANSWER: No problem due to the translation in English 

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QUESTION: How many prostrations are there in Quran according to authentic Hadith? 14 or 15! as Imam Hanbal says there are 15 while rest of three imams says 14.

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
15 Mar

ANSWER: There are 15.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to watch videos of like people reciting Quran but they are moving I think swaying.

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
12 Feb

ANSWER: It is not permissible for them to move like this but you can listen to them without a problem.

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QUESTION: I was reading a surah translated into Bengali. There was also Arabic version and I was scrolling it with my leg finger. I did it unconsciously. Am I sinful?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
01 Feb

ANSWER: Of course. This is disrespectful and if you had done it intentionally, you would have exited the fold of Islam.

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QUESTION: Sir, if someone accidentally drops the Qur’an does she have to give 3 kg of flour/money? How can she repent?

Innovations, Quran
26 Jan

ANSWER: This is baseless. There is no expiation for dropping the Quran

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QUESTION: I gave my word to offer quran in my native language to a non Muslim brother but if I can’t find a quran without Arabic text, can I gift him quran with both Arabic and Tamil(native language) text.

Quran, Religions
22 Jan

ANSWER: No problem.  You must not give them just the Arabic text Quran. 

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QUESTION: At our home we have 5 to 6 or more qurans and among those we use only 3 to 4 qurans daily and the rest is kept not being used, is that okay?

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
31 Dec

ANSWER: It’s not sinful but the best would be to donate them to poor people or to the masjid & people can read from it

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QUESTION: Sheikh if I put my mobile on my quran (whether when it was open or it was closed) Is this disrespecting of quran.

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
21 Dec

ANSWER: This is inappropriate and one shouldn’t do that.

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QUESTION: Can I give money to my family friend who is going for Umrah to give to charity on our behalf? Like we ask him to buy a Quran with our money and donate it to Masjid al-Haram

Charity, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
05 Sep

ANSWER: You should not keep the Qur’an there as the authorities would dispose them off because it doesn’t have their official stamp. Give charity where ever you are and don’t send it all the way to Makkah.

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QUESTION: Sheikh can we turn our back to Quran while its open and we are reading and when we are not reading it?

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
07 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in this whatsoever!

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