Shadee Elmasry – 6. Physically Respecting the Book

The matters of the heart are reflected in the manners of the

body. This is important. We don't just say, well, Allah looks at the

heart. Of course, he looks at the heart. Well, he also looks at the

body. Well, why did he create it? Why did he tell us to clean our

bodies? Why did he make us pray with our bodies, right? So Allah

looks at the body as well, and how we handle the physical book. So

the body has to be clean. The physical treatment of the book is

extremely important. The Quran must never be anywhere that is

low. All right, it should be never on the ground. Alright, it should

be never handled sloppily. Of course, it could be on the ground

or on a low table. If everyone's sitting on the ground. If you walk

into a room and there's nothing but the grounds then that's a

problem. That's not a problem. That's the way some people live.

Okay? We're in the masjid itself. If you're sitting and you're

studying and you're teaching on a desk that's not low, then it's

fine. But otherwise, the Quran should always be above the waist.

That's really like a rule of thumb. If you think about it, the

waist everything below it is not clean. Okay? Everything above it

is clean. So that's really the symbolic area is the waist of a

person that most have should never be put on a low, I go into some

places and the Quran is on a low shelf, we should just lift it and

put it and one of the best deeds that you can do every time you go

into any Masjid is clean up the shelf of the Quran. If there's a

Quran and some kid has written on it, well, they shouldn't be

handling it. I mean, you would you let them handle your wallet, your

debit card, your credit card? No. Would you let them handle your

work documents? No. So why should he handle the book of Allah? If

he's three years old, and he's going to write all over at seven

years old flipping through the pages? And you say I want him to

love the Quran? No, well love it by respecting it. Love the Quran

and love the masjid by honoring it and respecting it and knowing that

it has rules. And if you don't respect it, then you're not gonna

you're not gonna hold it. If you're not going to respect the

messenger, you're going to be asked to step aside. Everyone

respects the orchestra. You go to Sydney Opera House, you go to New

York, you go to Italy and go to the opera, right? Everyone

respects it because they demand respect. Because when you go in

there, they demand just but they don't care if you love it or not.

It's it's for your benefit. It's not for their benefit. It'll

benefit if you love it. Now we Allah doesn't benefit from us he

doesn't need is we who benefit from loving the masjid loving the

Quran, and therefore the to command that respect and demanded

from people that's the best way to make you want your kids to love

the Quran and love the mustard. command respect and demand it

right. That's the best way for them to know okay, this is

actually a big deal. Then I need to treat it like a big deal. And

when everyone does that, then you can have an aura in the masjid

where everyone's silent, everyone's full of respect. But

you take this attitude where we want kids to love the Quran and

love the deen and as a result, they're just going around, not

respecting it in the name of loving it. Well, all you've done

is reinforced disrespect and you create an environment of chaos.