Using a hard cover from another book as a back cover for one's Quraan
Q: My mum gifted me her Holy Quraan but its missing a back cover. Can I cut a hard cover from another book and use it for support in the back?
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Completing many sajdah tilaawat at once
Q: What is the procedure to be followed if we have to do many sajdah tilawats (100). Can we sit on the prayer mat and do niyyat for doing sajdah tilawats and do continous 100 sajdahs.
Guidelines for someone doing hifz
Q: I’m dong hifz and I would like to know if there is anything specific I should do or if there is anything specific I shouldn’t do. Also, is there anything I can read to make it easier to learn my Quran?
Reading the translation of the Quraan
Q: Is the translation of the Quraan by Mufti Taqi Usmani Saheb and his brother Mufti Rafi Usmani Saheb i.e. The Noble Qur'an reliable?
Clean shaven Qaaris
Q: The norm today is to employ famous clean shaven Qaaris to entertain the crowds. Some Ulamaa say the idea is to promote and encourage the youth to learn and recite the Quraan. Is it permissible?
Is it permissible to allow photo's and videos to be taken in the Masjid while the Qaari is reciting. Shouldn't this entertainment be conducted at other venues and not in the Masaajid. This will prevent disrespecting the sanctity of the Masjid.
Is it established from the Quraan that wudu breaks and impurity on the clothes invalidates salaah?
Q: Where in the Quraan is it mentioned that wudu breaks and impurity on the clothes invalidates prayer?
Listening to tilaawat on one's headphones when music is being played in a gym
Q: If music is being played somewhere and a person doesn't want to listen to the music and he plays tilawat in his headphones to avoid the sound of the music, is it a correct thing if he has no authority to stop that music?
I go to the gym and they play music there. So I listen to tilawat in a loud voice in my headphones to avoid the music. Is it a correct thing ?
Learning hifz after Asr
Q: I wanted to know if it's permissible for one who's doing hifz to learn after asr right till maghrib sets in, as someone told me quite a few times that it's bad and not advisable.
Self interpretation of the Quraan
Q: I read somewhere that for example in Tafsir Ibn Kathir, if Ibn Kathir himself has made an interpretation of the Quran we can neither confirm nor deny it since we are humans and we can make mistakes. Is it correct?
What about statements of the Sahabah Kiram which they have made? Also what about the different rulings derived by various ulema?
Reciting Quraan from a phone
Q: Can we read Quran on a mobile phone while travelling or in the office when we have free time because we cannot carry the Holy Quran to the office.