[insoneeri]

As salamu alaikum
Hope everyone is in the best of health and imaan, insha'Allah

I was thinking back to my first visit to the small mosque in Southport (this was almost two years ago now) and I remember seeing the New Testament on the bookshelf there. Obviously, the Holy Qur'an is the Word of Allah and the Book of Islam, and is the one along with the hadith that we should allow follow first and foremost. However, I've seen that there is some debate over whether reading the Bible, the Torah etc. is haraam.

I know that the Bible has been altered and, well, pretty much messed with over time and the Qur'an, al-hamdullilah, is the only Book that hasn't been.

So yeah, basically, what is your viewpoint on the reading of the Bible and the Torah? And is the reading of them haraam?

Wa alaikum us salam ♥

[Bletlemof]

you and your Imaan are doing well.

What a person reads has an effect on the heart. So one shouldn't read those book unless he/she is already grounded in the sciences of Islam and has firm belief in the heart. From what I've seen, the majority of Muslims who read those books do it to research proofs when calling Jews/Christians towards Islam or debating on a scholarly level. Sometimes things look attractive to the eye but deceive the heart. So you have to look after your heart because that's that container of your Imaan.

If you're already studying your Deen, I would just continue doing that and put that idea on the back burner for now...