Purity: What Are the Proper Islamic Methods for Erasing or Destroying Sacred Texts?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: What Are the Proper Islamic Methods for Erasing or Destroying Sacred Texts?
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Question #164
What are the shar‘ī methods for erasing the holy names and Qur’anic verses when there is a need to do so? What is the rule with respect to burning papers that carry Allah’s Name and Qur’anic verses when it becomes necessary to destroy them in order to keep secrets?
Answer #164
There is no problem in burying them in the soil or converting them, with water, into pulp. But burning them is problematic and, when considered disrespect, impermissible except when compulsion calls for it and it is not possible to cut out Qur’anic verses and the holy names from them.