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Reciting the Qur'an from a mobile phone

Q: My question is that can we recite the Qur'an-e-majeed from the mobile phone? Can we download the Qur'an on the mobile phone?

A:

1. Yes

2. Yes, provided one maintains the respect of the Qur'an (e.g. when the words of the Qur'an are on the screen one does not enter the toilet and one does not touch the words without wudhu).

NOTE: Though the above may be permissible, however we strongly discourage the downloading of the Qur'an on the mobile phone and reciting from it. Through reciting the Qur'an in this manner, the honour and sanctity of the Qur'an will no longer be maintained. Especially in these times where pictures of animate objects are taken and stored on the mobile phone and many sins are perpetrated through it. Hence, in order to uphold the rights of the Qur'an and show it the respect and honour it deserves, we strongly encourage that one recite the Qur'an in the normal way through looking into the Qur'an and reciting it in the state of wudhu.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَائِرَ اللَّـهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى الْقُلُوبِ ﴿الحج: ٣٢﴾

وعن أبي ملكية قال كان عكرمة بن أبي جهل إذا اجتهد في اليمين قال والذي نجاني يوم بدر وكان يأخذ المصحف فيضعه على وجهه ويقول : كلام ربي كلام ربي رواه الطبراني مرسلا ورجاله رجال الصحيح (مجمع الزوائد #16049)

فأما إذا اعتاد الناس قيام بعضهم لبعض . فقد يقال : لو تركوا القيام للمصحف مع هذه العادة لم يكونوا محسنين في ذلك ولا محمودين بل هم إلى الذم أقرب حيث يقوم بعضهم لبعض ولا يقومون للمصحف الذي هو أحق بالقيام . حيث يجب من احترامه وتعظيمه ما لا يجب لغيره . حتى ينهى أن يمس القرآن إلا طاهر ... وقد ذكر من ذكر من الفقهاء الكبار قيام الناس للمصحف ذكر مقرر له غير منكر له (مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية 23/66)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)