Reciting Qur'an from transliteration
Q: Is it permissible to memorise surahs by reading their English transliteration if I can't find someone who can teach me how to read arabic?
Recitation and Listening to the Quraan
Women reciting Qur'an without socks
Q: I would like to know can a woman following the shafi madhab read Quraan without socks? That means revealing the feet.
Using a cellphone while listening to Qur'an
Q: Are you allowed to participate in other activities e.g. going on your mobile phone whilst listening to a students Qur'an?
Reading the Quraan from the English transliteration
Q: Can I read the Quran without wudhu and without a head scarf? I read Quran from my phone in English transliteration as I cannot read Arabic.
Reciting the Qur'an even though one does not understand Arabic
Q: I am 18 years old and my father forces me to read Quran online for 1.5 hours every week at set times. I am busy in my studies so this is an annoyance to me and I think it's unnecessary because I have already finished the Quran and sill don't know it's meaning because I've never read it in English and I am reading it in Arabic again. Is this wrong of my father to force me into this? Is it minor shirk?
Reciting the Qur'an from memory while lying down
Q: Is it permissible to lie down and read Qur'an?
Covering the hand while reciting the Quraan
Q:
1. Does any portion of the hand need to be covered at the time of reading Quraan?
2. Will it be sinful for any part of the hand to be exposed?
Listening to Qur'an while doing house work
Q: While doing my household activities or even doing my assignments, can I play the audio of different Surahs from Qur'an. Whether I am listening or not as I want to prevent myself from thinking Shaitaani things while doing any work.
Sitting on a chair while someone else is sitting on the floor and reciting Qu'ran
Q: Is it necessary that a person reciting Qur'an with the mushaf should be on a higher level i.e. on a chair e.g. if someone is sitting on a chair, then the reciter of Qur'an with mushaf should also be on a chair or the one sitting on the chair near him should sit on the ground?
Communicating in other languages besides Arabic
Q: I wanted to know that must every Muslim speak in Arabic or make dua only in Arabic. I read Qur'an in English transliteration of Arabic, so is it right to do or not?