Fatawa

Ruling on Using the Mushaf as a Sutrah – Shaikh Yahya al-Hajoori

The questioner asks about placing a Mushaf as a Sutrah to pray towards?

Answer: This is Makrooh, this is not necessary. This is prohibited. The Salaf prohibited that as is in the book Kitab ul-Masaahif of Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Dawood rahimahullah.

Ibrahim an-Nakhi rahimahullah said: “I met our scholars and they prohibited that”* ie. placing the Mushaf as a sutrah. Ibrahim met a group of Companions or a number of Companions.
* The narration the Shaikh is referencing is the following:

عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: كَانُوا يَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ يَجْعَلُوا فِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ شَيْئًا حَتَّى الْمُصْحَفُ يَكْرَهُونَهُ
Ibraahim an-Nakhi rahimahullah said: They (the Companions) used to dislike that they put something towards the Qiblah of the Masjid , even the Mushaf. They disliked it.

[Kitab ul-Masaahif no. 683 and the chain is Saheeh]

[Taken from: https://aloloom.net/upload/h/fatawa/226.mp3 ]

Translated

Faisal ibn Abdul Qaadir ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

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