Qur'an

Q: Few days ago,an email was sent out regarding replying to a taped salaam. If it so, will it be necessary to make sajdah-e-tilaawat when heard over a cd? If not what is the difference between the two?

Q: I pray my Salaah in one area of my bedroom. I keep my Quraan and Kitaabs on a cabinet near my musallah for easy access to pray after my Salaah. Is keeping the Quraan and Kitaabs in my bedroom permissible?

Q: There is a translation of the Quran Shariff called Sahih International Quran translation, is it reliable?

Q: Is it permissible to touch a quran on the phone witout wudhu?

Q: My uncle is sick. The family has decided to make a khatam for him and have given different family members different paras to read in their own time. Is it permissible for me to read the para given to me?

Q: Why does the Quran rhythm and topic change in the same Surah? For example in shurah Alkawsar the first aayah is about abundance, the second is about prayer and sacrifice and the third is about posterity.

Q: Please make clear that what Surah Baqrah, Aayah 285 says. The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, as did the believers. They all have believed in God, and His angels, and His scriptures, and His messengers: "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. Your forgiveness, our Lord. To you is the destiny.

This means that we can not make any distinction between prophets like prophet Muhammad saw is more better than others. And in Bukhari Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, "One should not say that I am better than Jonah (i.e. Yunus) bin Matta." So, he mentioned his father Matta. The Prophet mentioned the night of his Ascension and said, "The prophet Moses was brown, a tall person as if from the people of the tribe of Shanu'a. Jesus was a curly-haired man of moderate height." He also mentioned Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire, and Ad-Dajjal.

Q: If I have to perform three Sajdah-e-Tilaawat, when I'm performing the sajdahs must I make intention that the first sajdah is for the first of the three sajdah Ayats which I read?

Q: I was reading the Quran at zawaal time about half an hour before Zohar time. Someone told me to stop praying because we are not allowed to pray at that time, is this correct? I thought just sajda was forbidden. Are we allowed to read Quran before sunrise?

Q: Please advise if it is permissible to recite the Holy Qur'an for the purpose of shifa for someone else aside from the aayaat mentioned in the Ahaadith.