Saying something with one’s hand on the Qur’an

Question

Question: There was some quarrel between Master (schoolteacher) Muhammad Bashir son of Nasiruddin and Nur Jahan, the wife of Chaudhri Ata Muhammad, because of which he had some suspicion that she “has worked magic on my wife.” Upon this, a witness of his, namely a woman — this woman lifted the Qur’an and said that she (Nur Jahan) had said: “I will work magic.” Thereupon Master Muhammad Bashiruddin said to some people: “Now make her take a pledge on the Qur’an that she will not have magic worked against me.

Answer

Accusing anyone falsely without proof is haram. If a person swears an oath and then acts contrary to it, expiation (kaffara) becomes binding upon him, namely: to feed ten poor people two meals, or to give each of them a set of clothing; and if he does not have the means for that, to fast three days consecutively, because of the words of Allah Most High: [ar]لقوله تعالى:…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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