Kissing Quran

[Karbala]

There is a hadith that says if you feel no shame then do as you wish.

I have no shame? My mother used to say that to me alot.


You dont get it, no one is claiming kissing the Quran is necessary or needed. Its just a way some people express their reverence. Theres nothing wrong with expressing reverence is there? In my country the Quran is hovered over heads before an important undertaking, soldiers must pass under the Quran before they enter a battlefield. These are just cultural variants of the same expression of reverence, no one claims this is part of Shariah or sunnah. Its just a nice thing to do for some people, why the big fuss? why is it so threatening it has to be labelled a bid'ah, an action that belongs in the hellfire?

Maybe Quran in book form was not around, but people were writing and recording Surahs onto various materials

True but the Quran still never existed in a mushaf form. Therefore nothing can be derived regarding the etiquette of the Book form of the Quran in the Prophets time.