[spacecrafty]

Im looking for clarification if it hallal, to have ayats /surahs and thing like this up on your walls in your house as decoration.

Is it hallal, as Quran was sent for us as guidance and not to be used for decoration

For example you wouldn’t put a DIY manual for lets say how to set up a computer on your wall would you??

Anyone shed light on this and what the ruling is

Thanks

[Beragagnu]

Hanging some ayaat can be beneficial, especially when they are displayed in a prominent location. Whenever your eyes fall upon the ayaat, you will be mindful and remember Allah. Similarly, if you hang up your computer manual, you'd think of your computer. Many people have, for this reason, placed du'as around their house (e.g. placing the du'a for entering the house on a wall in front of the entryway) so that a person is reminded of Allah.

The purpose of hanging the Qur'an on the wall is not decoration, but remembrance. It doesn't hurt when calligraphy is used to make the verses eye appealing and thus increasing our mindfulness. Many masajid also have Qur'anic verses painted inside or outside as well as wall-hangings with verses from the Qur'an or the names of Allah.

[spacecrafty]

Hanging some ayaat can be beneficial, especially when they are displayed in a prominent location. Whenever your eyes fall upon the ayaat, you will be mindful and remember Allah. Similarly, if you hang up your computer manual, you'd think of your computer. Many people have, for this reason, placed du'as around their house (e.g. placing the du'a for entering the house on a wall in front of the entryway) so that a person is reminded of Allah.

The purpose of hanging the Qur'an on the wall is not decoration, but remembrance. It doesn't hurt when calligraphy is used to make the verses eye appealing and thus increasing our mindfulness. Many masajid also have Qur'anic verses painted inside or outside as well as wall-hangings with verses from the Qur'an or the names of Allah.

so there defo no sin you do so right?

i wonder if companions of our prophet s.a.w did someting similar?

[meteeratymn]

so there defo no sin you do so right?

i wonder if companions of our prophet s.a.w did someting similar?

How could it be a sin to display Allah's words in one's home? Doing so is dhikr.

[spacecrafty]

How could it be a sin to display Allah's words in one's home? Doing so is dhikr.

i was thinking if our prophet s.a.w did not do such a practise, would it not come under a new invovation??? we're suposed to avoid new inovation correct? im not 100% sure please clarify

[meteeratymn]

i was thinking if our prophet s.a.w did not do such a practise, would it not come under a new invovation??? we're suposed to avoid new inovation correct? im not 100% sure please clarify

Unless it is bid`a hasana, I.E. 'good innovation'.

One of the more knowledgeable brothers on the forum should expand.

With peace.

[spacecrafty]

Unless it is bid`a hasana, I.E. 'good innovation'.

One of the more knowledgeable brothers on the forum should expand.

With peace.

I was under the impression there was no good innovation as we have been informed our religion is complete. ( I think we wer advised by prophet s.a.w in his last sermon or I’ve heard this in another hadith)

So Adding anything we would be under miming our religion as if to say its not complete and needs more, so there is no good innovation? but please Like brother Covert Lyricist said, more knowledgeable brothers please shed light on the issue

[Beragagnu]

i was thinking if our prophet s.a.w did not do such a practise, would it not come under a new invovation??? we're suposed to avoid new inovation correct? im not 100% sure please clarify

It isn't actually an innovation at all! There is no benefit in simply hanging the ayaat of the Qur'an on the wall. The benefit comes when one's gaze falls upon the ayaat and one is reminded. The end result is the benefit, not the means. So, if you are like everyone else and need reminders to be reminded of Allah, then you may hang these ayaat in prominent areas. Some people even have some du'as as well as some ayaat hanging on their rear-view mirrors in their cars. They are not for decoration, but for reminding the driver as well as the passengers to say the du'a or remember Allah.

Do you listen to Islamic lectures on the radio or Internet? Well, is that a bid'ah? Of course not. It only becomes a bid'ah when you say that the means are of any benefit (i.e. saying that you get thawab for listening to a lecture on the Internet compared to listening one live) and not the result (i.e. the lecture itself). Similarly, the hanging up of the ayaat is not a bid'ah unless you say that merely hanging the ayaat brings thawab.

[spacecrafty]

It isn't actually an innovation at all! There is no benefit in simply hanging the ayaat of the Qur'an on the wall. The benefit comes when one's gaze falls upon the ayaat and one is reminded. The end result is the benefit, not the means. So, if you are like everyone else and need reminders to be reminded of Allah, then you may hang these ayaat in prominent areas. Some people even have some du'as as well as some ayaat hanging on their rear-view mirrors in their cars. They are not for decoration, but for reminding the driver as well as the passengers to say the du'a or remember Allah.

Do you listen to Islamic lectures on the radio or Internet? Well, is that a bid'ah? Of course not. It only becomes a bid'ah when you say that the means are of any benefit (i.e. saying that you get thawab for listening to a lecture on the Internet compared to listening one live) and not the result (i.e. the lecture itself). Similarly, the hanging up of the ayaat is not a bid'ah unless you say that merely hanging the ayaat brings thawab.

thanks for your reply bro, i kind of understand what your saying, so long as your not doing it (haanging up ayats) with the intention that im going to get reward for it, its not bid'ah right? so one must have the intention its there to remind me of allah?

[spacecrafty]

It isn't actually an innovation at all! There is no benefit in simply hanging the ayaat of the Qur'an on the wall. The benefit comes when one's gaze falls upon the ayaat and one is reminded. The end result is the benefit, not the means. So, if you are like everyone else and need reminders to be reminded of Allah, then you may hang these ayaat in prominent areas. Some people even have some du'as as well as some ayaat hanging on their rear-view mirrors in their cars. They are not for decoration, but for reminding the driver as well as the passengers to say the du'a or remember Allah.

Do you listen to Islamic lectures on the radio or Internet? Well, is that a bid'ah? Of course not. It only becomes a bid'ah when you say that the means are of any benefit (i.e. saying that you get thawab for listening to a lecture on the Internet compared to listening one live) and not the result (i.e. the lecture itself). Similarly, the hanging up of the ayaat is not a bid'ah unless you say that merely hanging the ayaat brings thawab.

thanks for your reply bro, i kind of understand what your saying, so long as your not doing it (haanging up ayats) with the intention that im going to get reward for it, its not bid'ah right? so one must have the intention its there to remind me of allah?

[Beragagnu]

thanks for your reply bro, i kind of understand what your saying, so long as your not doing it (haanging up ayats) with the intention that im going to get reward for it, its not bid'ah right? so one must have the intention its there to remind me of allah?

Yes, if someone believes that just by hanging these ayaat in his house, he is going to be rewarded and he tells others to do the same, then that would be bid'ah. Such a person would, for example, put the ayaat in a closet someplace, thinking that he is getting thawab for merely hanging the ayaat instead of getting some use out of them (i.e. reminders of Allah). But, if the intention is not just for decoration but to serve as reminders, then it won't be a bid'ah.

[swwatch]

Really very interesting stuff!