Adorning the mushaf

Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id said that Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When you begin to adorn your mushafs and embellish your mosques with decoration, ruin will come down upon you."

Ikrimah said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw an adorned mushaf and said: "With this you will only lure the thief. Its adornment is within it."

Mughirah said that Ibrahim used to dislike adorning the Qur'an.

Abu Wa'il said: A Qur'an adorned with gold was brought to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "Indeed, a better thing than that with which the mushaf has been adorned is reciting it in accordance with the truth."

Al-Zibriqan said: I said to Abu Razin: "I have a mushaf and I wish to put a seal of gold on it." He said: "Do not add anything of worldly matters to the Qur'an, neither a little nor a lot."

Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id said that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When you begin to embellish your mosques with decoration and to adorn your mushafs, ruin will come down upon you."

Abu al-Zahiriyah said that Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to dislike adorning the Qur'an.