{"id":23850,"date":"2022-01-29T12:46:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T12:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=23850"},"modified":"2022-01-29T12:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T12:46:43","slug":"how-to-dispose-of-quranic-cds-and-islamic-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/how-to-dispose-of-quranic-cds-and-islamic-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Dispose of Quranic CDs and Islamic Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 05814<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Maulana Syed Johir Miah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I have some CDs which have Quran recordings and talks on them. Can I dispose of them in the bin if Allah&#8217;s name or Quran verse is not on the cd?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Also, if Allah is written in English or Abdullah is written on a piece of paper in English does that have to be disposed of like the Quran and other Islamic literature?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If the Quran becomes in a condition in which it is not read, it will be buried like a Muslim. <sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If the Quran becomes old and in a condition where it cannot be read and there is fear that it will be lost, it should be put in a clean rag and buried because if a Muslim dies, he is buried.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Therefore, if the Quran became the same, then it is better to bury it than to keep it at a place where there is a fear that impurity will fall upon it.<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">As regards to Islamic literature, the best method in which to dispose of any unwanted Islamic literature is that it should be buried where no one would normally walk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Then again, one may, after erasing the name of Allah (\u0639\u0632 \u0648 \u062c\u0644), His Messengers (\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0644\u0648\u0629 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645) and the angels\u2019, burn the rest or put it in flowing water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The same rule will apply to shredding; hence, a person should remove the name of Allah (\u0639\u0632 \u0648 \u062c\u0644), His Messengers\u2019 and His angel&#8217;s names before shredding the literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This literature should be courteously buried or could be put into a river or into the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Any material containing translation or even transliterations of the verses of the Quran must be disposed of either by burying it or placing it in moving water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">You can dispose of these by burning them, but only after erasing the name of Allah, His Angels and Messengers. It is best to bury them so they will vanish on the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">However, there is nothing wrong with casting them into a flowing river.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">As long as the cd\u2019s don\u2019t have any verses of the Quran on them, it will be permissible to dispose of them as you wish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">However, if they have verses of the Quran, then they should be disposed of by being buried.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If \u201cAllah\u201d is written in English or \u201cAbdullah\u201d is written on a piece of paper in English, then it can be disposed of like any other Islamic literature by rubbing the \u201cAllah\u201d or His name, or \u201cAbdullah\u201d and dispensing them in the manner possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Maulana Syed Johir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">1 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062d\u0641 \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0635\u0627\u0631 \u0628\u062d\u0627\u0644 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0642\u0631\u0623 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u064a\u062f\u0641\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u060c \u0648\u064a\u0645\u0646\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0635\u0631\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0645\u0633\u0647<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Raddul Muhtar, 177\/1, Darul Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, 1412 H.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">2 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0635\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0641\u064f \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0635\u0627\u0631\u064e \u0643\u064f\u0647\u0652\u0646\u064b\u0627 \u0623\u064a\u0652 \u0639\u064e\u062a\u0650\u064a\u0642\u064b\u0627 \u0648\u0635\u0627\u0631\u064e \u0628\u0650\u062d\u0627\u0644\u064d \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0642\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0623\u064f \u0641\u0650\u064a\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u062e\u0627\u0641\u064e \u0623\u0646\u0652 \u064a\u064e\u0636\u0650\u064a\u0639\u064e \u064a\u064f\u062c\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064f \u0641\u0650\u064a \u062e\u0650\u0631\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0629\u064d \u0637\u0627\u0647\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0629\u064d \u0648\u064a\u064f\u062f\u0652\u0641\u064e\u0646\u064f\u061b \u0644\u0650\u0623\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0633\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0645\u064e \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0645\u0627\u062a\u064e \u064a\u064f\u062f\u0652\u0641\u064e\u0646\u064f \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0635\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0641\u064f \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0635\u0627\u0631\u064e \u0643\u064e\u0630\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064e \u0643\u0627\u0646\u064e \u062f\u064e\u0641\u0652\u0646\u064f\u0647\u064f \u0623\u0641\u0652\u0636\u064e\u0644\u064e \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0648\u0636\u0652\u0639\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0645\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0636\u0650\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u062e\u0627\u0641\u064f \u0623\u0646\u0652 \u062a\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0639\u064e \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u062c\u0627\u0633\u064e\u0629\u064f \u0623\u0648\u0652 \u0646\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0648\u064f \u0630\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064e \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0635\u0652\u0631\u0627\u0646\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064f \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064f\u0631\u0652\u0622\u0646\u064e \u064a\u064f\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0650\u0642\u0652\u0647\u064f \u0643\u064e\u0630\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064e<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Al-Bahrur Raaiq, Ibn Nujaim, 212\/1, Darul Kutub Al-Islami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 05814 &nbsp; Answered by: Maulana Syed Johir Miah &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; I have some CDs which have Quran recordings and talks on them&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23850"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23994,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23850\/revisions\/23994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}