Islam Question and Answer - Carrying a Mus-haf with a Tafseer whilst praying qiyaam al-layl

Mon 6/12/1430 - 23/11/2009

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Carrying a Mus-haf with a Tafseer whilst praying qiyaam al-layl

Is it permissible for a person to carry a Mus-haf which has footnotes (Tafseer or commentary) whilst praying qiyaam al-layl, and if he comes across a word he does not understand, he looks at what it means whilst he is praying?

Praise be to Allaah.

I put this question to my shaykh, Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him), and he answered as follows:

That’s OK.

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid