All Praise is due to Allah (SWT) the Lord of the Worlds and Peace and Salutations be upon on our Beloved Prophet Nabi Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him)

Allhamdullillah, our Principal Moulana Hassan Murchie was invited by the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India to deliver a paper as an expert on the transcription of the Holy Qur’an into Arabic Braille that was held in Oichra, Kerala, India between the 1st and 3rd of March 2015.

Previously, there was much debate on this issue as some Ulama felt that it is forbidden or “Haram” to translate the Holy Qur’an into Braille as it will be against the standards of the ‘Rasm Ul Khat Al-Uthmani. This is the official standard established by the third Khaliph Hazrat Uthmaan (RA) in writing the Holy Qur’an. Any person who writes the Holy Qur’an in Arabic Braille has to follow the rules of the Qur’an script set by this standard. Any deviation will be considered wrong.

At the seminar views and counter views were exchanged in establishing that Braille is not a script “per se”, but a “Code” that is used by the Blind to read and write.

At the end of the seminar a pronouncement or “Fatwa” was given to its permissibility and the Blind were encouraged to read the Holy Qur’an in Braille.

It was also established that “Wudhu” is necessary even when touching the Braille Qur’an and the Braille version of the Holy Qur’an is equal to the sighted version.

The seminar was headed by Moulana Khaled Saifullah Rahmani and Moulana Rabe Hasani Nadwi, the head of the Muslim Personal Law board of India also attended.

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