The Ruling on Entering the Bathroom Carrying a Mus-haf in One’s Pocket

Q: I keep a Mus-haf in my pocket to read the Qur’an everywhere and I enter the bathroom with it. Is there anything wrong with this? Sometimes, I write some Ayahs (Qur’anic Verses) on a paper for revision and after memorizing them I tear it up and throw it in the trash bin. Is this wrong? Please, advise! May Allah reward you the best!

A: Entering the bathroom while carrying the Mus-haf is not permissible except when necessary. [For example] if you fear lest it should be stolen, you may take it with you.

As for tearing papers on which you have written Ayahs to memorize, they are to be torn into very small pieces that leave no trace of the Ayahs and should be buried in clean pure soil or be burnt.

[Majmoo ’al-Fataawa Ibn Baaz, Vol.: 10; pp. 31 – 32]