كتاب صفات الله عز وجل في ضوء القرآن الكريم والرد على المخالفين

كتاب صفات الله عز وجل في ضوء القرآن الكريم والرد على المخالفين
للعلامة الشيخ محمد الآمين الشنقيطي(صاحب أضواء البيان )
رحمه الله تعالى

Writing the Basmalah on wedding invitation cards is permissible|Fatwas of ibn Baz

Fatwas of Ibn Baz: Volume 5, Part No. 5; Page No. 427
Writing the Basmalah on wedding invitation cards is permissible

Q : Reader `A. H. B. from Al-Dalam says: Is it permissible to write the Basmalah on wedding invitation cards, given that after the event they will be thrown in the streets or into the garbage?

A: It is permissible to write the Basmalah on invitations and other letters, because of what has been related from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he said: Any important issue that is not started by Basmalah (in the Name of Allah) will be deprived of blessing. The Prophet (peace be upon him) also used to begin his letters by mentioning the Name of Allah. It is not permissible for anyone who receives a letter in which Allah is mentioned or an Ayah of the Qur’an is quoted to throw it into the garbage or put it in any undesirable place. The same applies to newspapers and other similar papers: it is not permitted to mishandle or throw them in the garbage or to use them to wrap food or other things, because the Name of Allah is mentioned in them. The sin is on the person who does this, not on the one who writes it.

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