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.