Qur'an

Q: I often recite Surah Alaq in salaah, but do not perform the sajdah-tilaawah in the last aayah, even though I recite it. Is my salaah valid? What is the ruling?

Q: Can I recite Surah Yaseen and Surah Rahman in a loud voice at home?

Q: Is it permissible to touch the Quraan without wudhu and what is the punishment for touching without wudhu?

Q: Must one always have wudhu to read Qur'aan?

Q: At the hifz madrasah I go to, we have exams where the students have to read Quraan and will get a mark based on tajweed, etc. Depending on what mark the students achieved, they will get a prize. Is such a type of prize halaal?

Q: I want to know if I can listen to the Quraan-e-Kareem via handsfree while studying or before sleeping as I live in a hostel and there used to be a lot of noise. Before that, I used to listen to music but now I know that music is haraam and the devil's Quraan. Therefore, I want to quit listening to music but please advise me if I can listen to the Quraan while studing and before sleeping via handsfree?

Q: I saw someone quote a translation from the Quran ‘successful are the believers’. Is it not ‘Successful indeed are the believers’?

Q: It has been openly challenged in the Quraan that no verse or chapter can be created by anyone similar to what is in it. What is the criteria and how to judge if a verse is similar or not with that of Quraan?

Q: Is it against the respect of the Holy Quran that one recites it by sitting on a praying mat on the floor while other people are sleeping on the bed?

Q: Is having one's name on the spine of a cover of the Qur'aan permissible?