speechless in their attempt to gauge the favour of Allah Almighty upon the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.’ (Ash-Shifa Bi Ta’reefi Huqooq il-Mustafa, vol. 1, p. 103)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Eight rulings pertaining to the Quran

O devotees of the Prophet! Let us listen to eight rulings pertaining to the Quran, from page no. 36 of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat’s booklet, entitled ‘Tilawat ki Fazeelat  [Excellence of reciting the Holy Quran]’:

1.   It is good etiquette to keep the Holy Quran in a case or a cover. Muslims have been carrying this out since the time of the Sahabah and Tabi’een رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, Part 16, p. 139)

2.   It is also from the etiquettes of the Holy Quran that one should not turn his back towards it, spread his feet towards it, raise his feet above it or place the Quran at a lower place and be at a higher place himself. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, Part 16, p. 139)

3.   Language, syntax (Nahw) and morphology (Sarf); all three of these sciences are equal in status. Thus, it is permissible to place any book of these sciences on top of one another, and the books of Kalaam (theology) should be placed on top of them. On top of them, books of Fiqh should be placed, and then books of Hadees and Du’as that have been related in the Quran and Hadees should be placed on top of the Fiqh books. The Books of Tafseer should be placed on top of them, and the Holy Quran should be placed above all of them. A cloth etc., should not be placed on top of the box which contains the Holy Quran. (Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 5, pp. 323-324)