What Is The Ruling On Disposing Of An Item Containing The Name Of The Prophet ﷺ?

Fatwa ID: 09287

 

 

Answered by Muftiyah Humairah Badshah

 

Question:

 

Assalamu alaikum,

 

I wanted to ask about disposing of our Ramadan date tin as it has (pbuh) written on the lid. We were unsure if we could recycle it and how to dispose of it if we can’t recycle it?

 

Jazakallah

 

 

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

 

Answer:

 

It is important to properly dispose of copies of the Qur’an through appropriate burial.[1] Outside of Qur’an copies, if a book or item has a name of Allah (ﷻ), one of His angels (﵈), or one of His Messengers (﵈) (such as the Prophet (ﷺ)), it is best to bury the object, however, it is also permissible that the name be removed (ie: by rubbing or scratching it off) before the item is burned or otherwise disposed of.[2] Alternatively, one can place it into flowing water.[2]

 

Therefore, if the tin lid in question has the name of the Prophet (ﷺ), you may bury the lid or instead scratch off the name.

 

 

Only Allah ﷻ knows best.

Written by Muftiyah Humairah Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

References:

 

[1]

الْمُصْحَفُ إذَا صَارَ خَلِقًا لَا يُقْرَأُ مِنْهُ وَيُخَافُ أَنْ يَضِيعَ يُجْعَلُ فِي خِرْقَةٍ طَاهِرَةٍ وَيُدْفَنُ، وَدَفْنُهُ أَوْلَى مِنْ وَضْعِهِ مَوْضِعًا يُخَافُ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّجَاسَةُ أَوْ نَحْوُ ذَلِكَ وَيُلْحَدُ لَهُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ شُقَّ وَدُفِنَ يَحْتَاجُ إلَى إهَالَةِ التُّرَابِ عَلَيْهِ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ نَوْعُ تَحْقِيرٍ إلَّا إذَا جُعِلَ فَوْقَهُ سَقْفٌ بِحَيْثُ لَا يَصِلُ التُّرَابُ إلَيْهِ فَهُوَ حَسَنٌ أَيْضًا، كَذَا فِي الْغَرَائِبِ

Al-Fataawa Al-Hindiyyah (Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.5 p.323 

 

[2]

قَوْلُهُ: يُدْفَنُ) أَيْ يُجْعَلُ فِي خِرْقَةٍ طَاهِرَةٍ وَيُدْفَنُ فِي مَحَلٍّ غَيْرِ مُمْتَهَنٍ لَا يُوطَأُ. وَفِي الذَّخِيرَةِ وَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُلْحَدَ لَهُ وَلَا يُشَقُّ لَهُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ يَحْتَاجُ إلَى إهَالَةِ التُّرَابِ عَلَيْهِ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ نَوْعُ تَحْقِيرٍ إلَّا إذَا جُعِلَ فَوْقَهُ سَقْفٌ بِحَيْثُ لَا يَصِلُ التُّرَابُ إلَيْهِ فَهُوَ حَسَنٌ أَيْضًا اهـ. وَأَمَّا غَيْرُهُ مِنْ الْكُتُبِ فَسَيَأْتِي فِي الْحَظْرِ وَالْإِبَاحَةِ أَنَّهُ يُمْحَى عَنْهَا اسْمُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيُحْرَقُ الْبَاقِي وَلَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ تُلْقَى فِي مَاءٍ جَارٍ كَمَا هِيَ أَوْ تُدْفَنُ وَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ

Radd Al-Muhtaar (Halabi ed., Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.177

 

الْكُتُبُ الَّتِي لَا يُنْتَفَعُ بِهَا يُمْحَى عَنْهَا اسْمُ اللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيُحْرَقُ الْبَاقِي وَلَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ تُلْقَى فِي مَاءٍ جَارٍ كَمَا هِيَ أَوْ تُدْفَنَ وَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ كَمَا فِي الْأَنْبِيَاءِ

Radd Al-Muhtaar (Halabi ed., Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.6 p.422

 

 

 

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