Can we sit on a chair while someone is reciting the Holy Qur’an on the floor?
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QUESTION:
Is it okay to sit on a chair while someone is reciting the Qur’an on the floor?
ANSWER:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
In principle, to position oneself higher than the Holy Qur’ān must be avoided where it is regarded as disrespectful.
Nonetheless, this may not be the case where there is a need or limitation, such as, the listener not physically able to do so or where the reciter is reciting the Holy Qur’ān from memory without a physical copy.
And Allah Ta’ālā Knows Best
Zayd Imran
Concurred by:
Hanif Yusuf
References
ويكره وضع المصحف تحت رأسه إلا للحفظ
[Radd al-Muhtār: 1:177: Dār al-Fikr]
وَضْعُ الْمُصْحَفِ تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ فِي السَّفَرِ لِلْحِفْظِ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَبِغَيْرِ الْحِفْظِ يُكْرَهُ، كَذَا فِي خِزَانَةِ الْفَتَاوَى
[Fatāwā Hindiyyah: 5:322: Dār al-Fikr]
قرآن کریم اگر نیچے رکھا ہوا ہو تو اُس سے اوپر بیٹھنا بے ادبی ہے، اور اگر کوئی شخص زبانی حفظ قرآن کریم پڑھ رہا ہو اور نیچے قرآن نہ ہو تو اُس سے اونچی جگہ پر بیٹھنے میں کوئی حرج نہیں ہے۔
[Kitāb al-Nawāzil: 16:55: al-Markaz al-'Ilmī]
تیسرا یہ کہ قرآن مجید کا بہت ادب کرنا چاہئے ، اس کی طرف پاؤں نہ کرو، ادھر پیٹھ نہ کرو، اس سے اُونچی جگہ پر مت بیٹھو، اس کو زمین یا فرش پر مت رکھو، بلکہ رحل یا تکیے پر رکھو
[Hayāt al-Muslimīn of Mawlānā Ashraf 'Alī Thānwī: 27: Maktabah Ma'ārif al-Qur'ān Karāchī]
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