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Ruling on putting the Holy Quran on mobile or carrying it in one’s pocket with Muslim Academy

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Is it permissible to bear virtual The Holy Quran on mobile Phone as we keep it in the back or front pockets of pants?
Praise be to Allah.
It is permissible to put the Holy Quran on mobile phones, but it should be in the
‘Uthmaani script, unless that is not possible, in which case it is permissible to use a different one.
There is nothing wrong with carrying The Holy Quran and putting it in one’s pocket,
in pants, or other clothes, so long as it is protected against tearing or mishandling.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (4/60): One of us carries The Holy Quran in
his pocket, and he may enter the washroom carrying it. What is the ruling on that? please advise us.
Answer: Carrying the Holy Quran in one’s pocket is permissible, but it is not
permissible for a person to enter the washroom carrying a Mushaf; rather he
should put the Mushaf in a suitable place, out of respect and veneration for the
Book of Allah. But if he has no choice but to take it in with him, for fear that it
may be stolen if he leaves it outside, then it is permissible for him to take it in with him, out of necessity. End quote.
But if the Mushaf is carried in the back pocket of one’s pants,

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The Holy Quran on mobile 2, Muslim Academy

will lead to sitting on the Mushaf when a person wants to sit down,
then it is not permissible in that case to put it in the back pocket.
The least that can be said concerning that is that it is makrooh.
More than one of the scholars stated clearly that
something less serious than that is haraam, namely putting the Mushaf beneath one’s head like a pillow.
Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The scholars unanimously agreed that it is obligatory to protect and respect
the Mushaf.
Our companions and others said: … it is haraam to use it as a pillow; using
any book of knowledge as a pillow is haraam. End quote.
Al-Tabyeen fi Adaab Hamalat al-Qur’aan (128); see also al-Burhaan fi ‘Uloom al-
Qur’aan by al-Zarkashi (1/478)
Ibn Muflih (May Allah have mercy on him) said:
It is makruh to use the Mushaf as a pillow. This was stated by Ibn Tameem,
who mentioned it in al-Ri’aayah. Bakr ibn Muhammad said: Abu ‘Abdullah said
it is makruh to place the Mushaf beneath one’s head and sleep on it. Al-Qaadi
said: Rather that is makruh because it is humiliating it and failing to respect it, as he is treating it like any other object.
Ibn Hamdaan favored the view that it is haraam and stated that definitively in
al-Mughni and al-Sharh. The same applies to all books of knowledge, if they contain Qur’aan, otherwise it is only makruh.

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The Holy Quran on mobile 3, Muslim Academy

Ibn ‘Abd al-Qawiy says in his book Majma’ al-Bahrayn: It is haraam to recline on
the Mushaf and the books of hadith and on anything in which there is any Quran, according to consensus. End quote
Al-Adaab al-Shar’iyyah (2/393)
And Allah knows best.

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