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Salaams, this is the mail conversation between myself and Ay. Sistani's office
(plus info from other Firqas and faiths below), which makes it very clear that
recycling of the Holy Qur'an and Sacred texts is NOT PERMISSIBLE. We need to
buy a simple plot of land, or a grave within our own cemetery plot, which we
can use to respectfully bury our Holy Books, with the reverence they deserve,
when they become 'Shaheed', since putting them in a flowing river is not
possible in the UK. They are NOT "just books" (Astaghfirullah)!!!
Please forward this info to your contacts.
> From: eansw...@najaf.org
> Subject: RE:
> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:14:28 +0100
>
>
> In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
>
> It is not permissible, if such is exposed to desecration and insult
>
> Wassalamu Alaykum
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:18 AM
> To: eansw...@najaf.org
> Subject:
>
> Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
> Assalaamo Alaikum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh,
>
> Heartiest Felicitations and Blessings to Your Eminence on the most
> Auspicious occasions of the Birth Anniversaries of Imam Hussain (AS), H.
> Abbas (AS) and Imam Zain-ul-Abideen (AS).
>
> May Allah swt protect Your Eminence and grant You a long, healthy and
> peaceful life, Ameen.
>
> My question for Your Eminence's consideration is regarding the disposal of
> Sacred texts. In the UK, Holy books, such as the Qur'an, Bible, etc, are
> being sent for recycling when their condition becomes unusable. I have
> recently seen a tv programme where they showed such Texts in torn condition,
> being put into the same containers and machinery as vulgar magazines and
> newspapers, to be turned into pulp, and the end product of this recycling is
> toilet paper.
>
> Is it permissible, under these circumstances, to dispose of the Holy Qur'an
> and other sacred Islamic texts through this method of recycling? I have read
> that the Qur'an, when it becomes unreadable, should be buried. If so, what
> is the best procedure for this in the UK?
>
> I await a reply at Your Eminence's earliest convenience.
>
> Wassalaam.
>
ALL the Madhabs (Firqa) concur that recycling Sacred Texts is most disrespecful
and should not be done:
>From Sunni sources:
What is the ruling on the recycling of newspapers and magazines which contain
Quranic translations and Ahadeeth. Is it permissible to dispose them in the
recycle bin to be recycled?
The preferred method with regards to the disposing of Islamic literature is to
have it wrapped up in a clean piece of cloth and buried in a safe place.
In recycling such literature one would be showing a great amount of disrespect
towards it, and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Kwa Zulu Natal
South Africa
It is preferable for Islamic literature to be buried. This is a more dignified
manner of disposing the literature. Similarly, it is Mustahabb (preferable) for
hair, nails, etc. to be buried, and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Allamah ibn Abidin, a great Hanafi Scholar states:
“If a copy of the Qur’an becomes old and it is difficult to read it, it should
NOT be burnt in fire.”
This is also the view of Imam Mohammed (Student of Imam Abu Hanifah). It is
best to bury them after wrapping them into something pure and clean.
The conclusion is, there are two methods of disposing an unusable Qur’an and
Islamic literature:
(1) Wrapping them in a piece of cloth or something pure and burying them
respectfully in a place where people normally do not walk.
(2) Fastening the items to something heavy such as a stone and placing it
respectfully in flowing river.
Even Roman Catholic CHRISTIANS have the same view: Sacred Scriptures are
handled with dignity. When it comes to a point where it is damaged beyond use,
i.e. torn pages, pages missing, etc., it, being blessed, is to be disposed of
with dignity. It should be buried.
It's perfectly clear, then, that NO Schools of Thought doubt that Muslims must
respect and venerate the Holy Qur'an and prevent it from being exposed to
mishandling and disrespect, even if it is damaged beyond use.
May Allah swt guide the misguided, and us all, Ameen.
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