Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Kissing the Qur’an

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The speaker discusses the issue of kissing the Quran and how it's allowed to happen. They argue that kissing is not a problem, but it's a sign of respect and a way to avoid getting recognized. The speaker also suggests that people should respect the etiquette of kissing the Quran, but it's not something that needs to be legislated.

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			When I was young in madrasa and
anyone dropped the absolute color
		
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			in the Quran by accident, they
would quickly pick it up and kiss
		
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			it. Some people also had a habit
of kissing the Quran on the front
		
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			cover. When they finished praying,
I've noticed this habit continuing
		
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			adults, when they finished
praying, they kiss the cover and
		
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			put the Quran away. where it's
come from. And is this allowed?
		
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			Absolutely. It's allowed. It's the
it's the book of Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala. So when you if it's allowed
to kiss somebody else, like you're
		
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			allowed to kiss friends on their
forehead, for example, are you
		
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			allowed to kiss your spouse,
you're allowed to kiss your
		
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			mother, your father, children,
then why is it allowed to kiss the
		
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			Quran? As simple as that, you
know, like, what's wrong with
		
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			kissing something? Right? There's
nothing wrong with it. We do it
		
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			out of respect. It's not an A but
it's not a bad so there's no
		
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			better here. It'd be better if you
say if you do it, then you get
		
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			this many rewards or something new
make up some kind of worship
		
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			aspect of it. So kissing the Quran
is not an issue at all. It's like
		
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			I've got so much love for this
Quran has given me so much
		
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			guidance, the words of my Lord, I
can't kiss my Lord, I want to kiss
		
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			his Quran. So there's nothing
wrong with that. However, to
		
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			insist that people must kiss the
Quran is a problem because it's
		
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			not something that has been
legislated that you must use the
		
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			Quran. So you can't tell others to
do it. You can't insist but if
		
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			you've got a feeling you want to
kiss the Quran is completely fine.
		
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			Right? People you know, they when
they get their first cell phone,
		
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			you get the new iPhone or
whatever, which this is not 100 is
		
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			just like, you know, they they,
they kiss the iPhone, they kiss
		
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			whatever they get. It's just an
expression. There's nothing wrong
		
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			with it.