Back to search
The question

Is smiling during the recitation of a Surah from the Qur’an due to remembering a worldly matter unrelated to religion considered mockery or disrespect towards religion?

Share this answer

Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

This act is not a mockery of religion or a trivialization of its rituals, but it contradicts the presence of heart that a reader of the Quran should have, for one who is heedless of recitation does not benefit from the Quran. Ibn Al-Qayyim says that being affected by the Quran requires listening attentively and presence of heart, and the absence of impediments such as the heart's inadvertence and its heedlessness from pondering the meaning.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported

Read the full answer on Ftawy
Where this answer came from
Source platform
Ftawy
Original fatwa ID
114815
Imported
Translation status
Source text, unreviewed
Read the full ruling
Read the full answer on Ftawy