Fatwa ID: 04449

Answered by: Maulana Abrarul H. Hasib

Question:

Is it permissible to delete photos containing Quran verses?

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

It would be permissible to delete photos containing Quranic verses. {1}

Rather, it is better to delete them in order to save them from desecration.

A person intention of deleting the photos is to safeguard the Quranic Verses from any kind of disrespectful and no intent of any sorts of impoliteness towards the Qur'an or Verses of the Glorious Qur'an.

{1} Shami, Vol 1, Pg. 320, Dar Alim Al-Kutub.

{1}  Kifayat Ul Mufti, Vol 1, Pg. 127, Darul Isha'at.

{1} Fatawa Tatarkhaniya, Vol 18, Pg. 69, Maktabah Zakariya.

{1} Saheeh Bukhari, Vol 2, Pg. 746, Qadimi Kutub Khana.

{1} Fathul Bari, Vol 8, Pg. 649, Maktabatul Malik Fahd.

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Abrarul H. Hasib

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

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