________________________________________________________________________ | w w w |\ | || || | || |\ | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, |\ | ( : / (_) / ( . |\ | |\ | || || | || |T | | || | |\ | . _, _8 |_D_|| . _,_,_,_D_|| 4_|| q ]_o_7_o _|_c 4_|_|| _|,_p q |\ | (_): / (_): . : / (_S (_S / |\ | |\ | In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the All-Merciful |\ | Greeting of Allah be upon Muhammad and the pure members of his House |\ |_______________________________________________________________________|\ Salamun Alaykum, The following further question was kindly answered by Mulla Asgher. Regards Abbas Jaffer Moderator - `Aalim Network ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Question: What is the source of the ruling that Mulla Asgher quoted to state that throwing away the English transliteration of Qur'an was not allowed ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Answer: Any act that leads to desecration of the Qur'an, (text, translation or transliteration) is forbidden - this is due to the inherent sanctity of the Holy Book. The sanctity extends to the name of Allah whether in Qur'an or not, eg Ayatullah Seestani says that based on obligatory precaution, it is not allowed to touch the name of Allah without wudhu, regardless of the language it may be written in. Masail 325, Islamic Laws Wasalaam Asgherali M M Jaffer