QUESTIONS
Is it permissible to listen and recite the Qur’an in places with impurity?
What is the ruling on reading the Qur’an in mind from toilet, and what is the ruling on listening to the Qur’an in this state, does this state include in the meaning of Qur’an verse “and if the Qur’an is read, listen to it and pay good attention to it, so that you may have mercy”?
Answers
Ibrahim Salih Al-Husseini: We have to keep Quran far from such places. But, reading meanings in his heart is not called recitation, because if he prays and recites with his heart in the manner that I mentioned, his prayer is not valid, so this type of recitation is not called Qur’an and there is nothing to bother about it because the devil will always put something to make human being in confusion.
It is not a problem to listen Qur’an from washrooms because the Muslims are commanded to listen to good wherever it is. And also he does not drag from his Islam or his faith by entering the bathroom, but, he has to follow the Sunnah.