TAKING CARE OF THE QUR’AN

Lessons learnt from this Hadith:

1. Since the Qur’aan is the book of Allah , we must always show respect to it.

2. Always make wudhu before touching the Qur’aan.

3. Place the Qur’aan on a clean and high place.

4. Always hold it in your right hand close to your heart.

5. Do not face your back or stretch your feet towards the Qur’aan.

Story:

There was a man who was not a good Muslim, but he had great respect for the Qur’aan, and its pages. While walking, he found a page of the Qur’aan on the floor. He picked it up, kissed it, dusted the sand off and placed it on a high shelf with respect. Allah  loved this action and forgave him.

Story:

A pious person used to stay in Madinah Munawwarah. He passed away and was buried in Jannatul Baqi’. The practice in Makkah Mukarramah and Madinah Munawwarah is that a few months after they bury anybody, they dig up the same grave and bury someone else in it because the bodies decay very quickly. A few months later, they dug up the grave of this pious person and found that his body was still intact.
A few months later, they dug up the grave of this pious person and again found his body intact. They closed up the grave and put a mark on it indicating that this grave should not be dug up in the future.
They went to the son of the pious man and asked, “What deed of your father was so liked by Allah  that Allah  did not allow the earth to eat his body?” The son replied,
“Allah  knows best. I feel that it was the respect that he had for the Qur’aan Shareef. He would not even stretch his legs in the direction of a Hafiz. He would say, ‘He (the hafiz) has the Qur’aan in his chest.’ “