Purity: What Is the Ruling on Disposing of Papers with Allah’s Name or Qur’anic Verses?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: What Is the Ruling on Disposing of Papers with Allah’s Name or Qur’anic Verses?

English:

Question #161

What is the rule concerning throwing a piece of paper with the names of Allah, the Exalted, and verses of the holy Qur’an into rivers and streams? What about changing them into paste?

Answer #161

There is no objection to throwing it in rivers or streams if people do not consider it as irreverence towards them. Yet, it is better to put it into a container of water and change it into paste.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, The Rules for Touching the Names of Allah, the Glorious, and the Verses of the Qur’an