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layout: post
title: "Ruling on placing the hand on the Mushaf while swearing"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah, Fatwa no.7699, Question 3"
category: [fatwas,oaths]
hijri: Dhul-Qa'dah 25, 1441
excerpt: It is enough to swear by Allah without having to put the hand on the Mushaf.
note: true
muftis:
  chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz
  deputy_chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq Afifi
      url: /biography/afifi
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Qa'ud
      url: /biography/qaud
---

### Question: 
In many cases, a man swears by placing his hand on the Mushaf, is this right or is it enough to swear by Allah only?  

### Answer: 
It is enough to swear by Allah without having to put the hand on the Mushaf.