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As salamu alaikum Rehmathullahi barakathahu

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May Allah swt shower the blessings in this Ramzan to all humans with his rightful guidance and knowledge.

Can i read the Quran from the computer screen other than from a printed book? Should i face the Kaaba if so?

Will it be Bidah or innovation?

Jazakkallah Khair

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Answer:

Face qibla when recite quran

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: Can i read the Quran from the computer screen other than from a printed book?

One can recite the Quran from wherever one wills or is convenient for them; from a Book or from a computer screen, etc…..it is expected that they will receive their full reward from their Lord Most Gracious.

Your Question: Should i face the Kaaba if so?

To turn one’s face towards the ‘Qibla’ is an absolutely obligatory pre-condition when offering one’s salaah, and it is preferred to face the ‘Qibla’ when making supplications; but there is absolutely no requirement nor obligation in Shariah for one to face the ‘Qibla’ when reciting the Glorious Quran.

Your Question: Will it be Bidah or innovation?

Allah and His Messenger (saws) have neither guided nor commanded the believers to face the ‘Qibla’ when reciting the Glorious Quran, nor is there any evidence in the authentic and established Sunnah that the Messenger of Allah (saws) would make an effort to face the Kaaba when reciting the Quran.

Thus if one believes that facing the Qibla is necessary when reciting the Glorious Quran, or believes that facing the Qibla when reciting the Glorious Quran has more merit or earns more reward….especially when Allah and His Messenger (saws) have not endorsed such a thing, then indeed one would be guilty of introducing something new into the pure and perfect deen of Islam.

Neither is facing the Qibla a requirement for reciting the Glorious Quran, nor does facing the Qibla when reciting the Glorious Quran earn any more rewards…thus if one is facing the Qibla and wishes to recite the Quran it is perfectly fine, and if one is facing in a direction other than the Qibla and wishes to recite the Quran, it is perfectly fine and acceptable.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan