Re: Putting the Noble Quran on the floor of a mosque
In our school there was a big debate when it was allowed for students to write on their copies of Quran, I personally thought that it helped the students mark important Ayas and chapters and enhanced their understanding and familiarity with Quran. But then there were the IVI teachers who though that it was disrespectful.
I've made some marks too in my copy, I used a soft pencil so I can erase it again. I see nothing wrong with marking. But then again, that might seem unrespectful t someone else.
The Indian-Subcontinent Version of Islam (IVI) puts a lot of burden on the logistical aspect of Quran, its not that we should intentionally try to disrespect the book, be that any book, but we just have to make sure that the message in the book is always more important than the "Kurrsi" and "Green lace wala ghulaf" or having Quran collecting dust on the highest shelf.
Desi people show more respect to quran but they don’t read it that often with understanding (I don’t consider reading Quran without understanding the meanings as actual reading). Arabs read Quran more often but don’t show respect to Quran that much. I have seen several times Arabs holding Quran with out wadu and putting Quran in places not that clean. I ask myself which is better. Treating Quran so secred and putting it on the top of everything and let it collect dust or treating Quran as a normal book of guidance and read it more often with or without wadu. I would take the later one.
That's true.
Well, maybe I am making a fuss over nothing. Like people say here, making an elephant out of an ant. I don't know.
Still, I'm curious to the way people treated anything with an aya written on it. If I remember it correctly, weren't aya's written on pieces of would, stone, anything? How were those pieces treated, were they put on the ground?
If so, then we really are going over the top I guess.