05-15-2007, 08:44 AM
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Quote:That is very bad reasoning. According to this no one should drive a car, own a TV, use the internet or use islamsms.com. i have never seen a scholar use this reasoning to declare something haram.
I too did not mention that kissing the Qur’an is haram or halal, this is not my job. I only said that it is wrong in my opinion and I provided my reason, because I wanted to follow my prophet pbuh whose life was not hidden at all, and if he knew that kissing the Qur’an was necessary for the ummah, he would have done it many times so that we can follow his footsteps.
Look at what Omar Ibn el Khattab may Allah be pleased with him said regarding the black stone.
According to Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, book of Hajj, chapter 56, H.No. 675. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit nor harm. <b>Had I not seen the Prophet (pbuh) touching (and kissing) you, I would never have touched (and kissed) you"</b>.
So do you think that Omar (RA) ever kissed the door of the Kab’a or the Qur’an?
If TV and internet were invented during the Prophet pbuh, he would surely use them very well to serve his Deen.
What am trying to say brother, that these matters may mislead certain group of people, like how I saw during my Hajj, some people were kissing and touching the gate of a library which was originally the place where Prophet Muhammad was born!! Can you imagine? And so we should avoid these practices and stick to the sunnah of our beloved prophet pbuh.
Salam
Wael.