so like,if the restaurants or other shops actually used quranic recitation to attract customers esp Muslim..?does they provide any fatwa regarding this particular issue?

to all of you brothers and sisters out there, let me clarify with a hadith that musical instruments are indeed, haraam. and what better way is there to clarify anything than by verses of the Quran or a saying of the Prophet(SAW)? i used to listen to music before, thinking all those people out there that say music is haram were being a little extreme and that maybe listening to songs without any vulgarity might be okay. but then i came across this:

The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
“Among my ummah there will certainly be people who permit zinaa, silk, alcohol and musical instruments…” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari ta’leeqan, no. 5590; narrated as mawsool by al-Tabaraani and al-Bayhaqi. See al-Silsilah al-Saheehah by al-Albaani, 91).

this obviously tells us that there are some people who permit this, but it is actually on the contrary. i.e. the above mentioned things are not allowed. i hope this will clear up any doubts on the matter inshaAllah. surely a hadith of the Prophet(SAW) cannot be argued about.

may He keep us all on the right path. Aameen.

Assalaamu Alaikum

“Allah has commanded us that we be ‘attentive’ when listening to the Qur’an. Full attentiveness is something few have throughout, even when doing nothing else but listening.

What is minimally sought, however, is to:

a) trying one’s reasonable best to pay attention,

b) avoid mentally busying yourself completely with other things (e.g. reading a book or article while listening to the Qur’an).

[al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya (1.317), Ghunyat al-Mustamli Sharh Munyat al-Musalla (quoted in al-Mawsu`a al-Fiqhiyya), Hashiyat al-Tahtawi `ala Maraqi al-Falah]

Thus, it is permitted to recite and listen to the Qur’an if one is doing housework, taking care of the children, driving, walking, or performing other worldly activities, if the above conditions of basic attentiveness are generally fulfilled.”

There is a difference between realism and calling the people towards defeatism.

Excellent article, without any doubt, listening to the Quran is better than listening to music, no doubt. But, and this is one thing I have never understood when people try and compare music and the Quran, you cannot equate the two. The majority of people listen to music either to unwind, to relax, or just in the background. You CANNOT listen to the Quran in this casual way. We are supposed to listen to the Quran with full concentration. We are NOT supposed to listen to the Quran just to have something ambient in the background. Some restaurants do this, and it is wrong, it is an insult to the Quran. I occasionally listen to classical/instrumental music when I work just to help me keep going (let’s not get into the haram/halal of music here). Believe me, I would LOVE to have the Quran in the background instead, but that is not how the Quran is supposed to be listened to. Listening to the Quran is an act of worship which requires khushu. Listening to music requires no khushu.

And Allah knows best. Would love to hear what anyone thinks of my view, I may be completely wrong!

Subhan Allah, so many people shy away from even reading an ayah a day. An ayah a day=30 ayaat after 30 days! Better than 0…which is unfortunately often the answer of many of us when asked how often we read the Quran 🙁

May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala make us Companions of the Qur’an, ameen

Barak Allahu feeki for this reminder