Trampling the Holy Qur’an Underfoot in a Mutual Fight

Question

In our neighbourhood there is a village, Mondhera, where an elementary religious school is running. A fight broke out among some people of the neighbouring village of Dhorahra, in which the Dhorahra people beat the Mondhera people and left. Some people of the village burst into the madrasa and started beating; in one class a Qur’an lesson was in progress — the mob burst into that class and began beating the teacher Muhammad Yusuf; the children fled; the Holy Qur’an was trampled underfoot and torn up, and the…

Answer

First of all, mutual fighting itself is highly blameworthy; and to break into an elementary religious school and trample the Holy Qur’an underfoot and tear it up is an utterly savage and kafir-like act. Such people should repent, renew their iman and renew their marriages; otherwise they are not fit to be kept in relations.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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