Copy of Quran in front of or behind the Salah-offering person

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

What have respected Islamic scholars ruled on the following issue? If a closed copy of the Holy Quran is in front of or exactly behind the back of the Salah-offering person, will his Salah be valid?Questioner: Haji Rahmat Ali, Lahore

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

If a copy of the Holy Quran is in front of or behind the back of the Salah-offering person, his Salah will be valid because this is not a reason for the invalidation of Salah. However, if the copy of the Holy Quran is kept in front of the Salah-offering person who is maintaining the humility of the heart and the body and is focusing his eyes on the place of Sajdah in the state of Qiyam and his eyes fall on the designs and writing, etc., distracting his attention from the Salah; then this is Makruh. Similarly, having one’s back towards the Holy Quran is also contrary to the manners.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Muhammad Hashim Khan Attari