Quranic Verses on Calendars

Question

For some years now, religious calendars have been sold in the city of Bhopal, and are also given out free of charge. These are mostly [decorated] with the Noble Ka‘ba, or Noble Madina, or the Holy Quran; most of them also contain verses of the Holy Quran. To begin with, it is difficult even to keep such calendars with due respect and reverence; and what is more distressing is that most Muslims have the calendar framed under glass and keep it at home — yet what happens is this: they preserve the photograph or…

Answer

Reverence for the paper on which verses and hadiths are written is obligatory. Using it for packets and the like is forbidden. Throwing it into an unclean place is absolutely impermissible — it is haram. Hanging a photograph of a living being on the walls of rooms for decoration is not permissible.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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