Playing Qur’aan in the audio chat room in which there is music
Question

                What is the ruling on playing Qur’aan in audio chat rooms in which there is music and cameras?.
Praise be to Allah.This action is not 
    something that is prescribed in sharee’ah, and it may cause people to be put 
    off Qur’aan and not respect it, and they may want to stop the recitation, in 
    addition to the fact that they will be busy with other things and will not 
    pay attention to it. That may also be accompanied by other evil actions. 
The one who wants to offer 
    advice should enter the chat room and explain the shar’i ruling on music and 
    images; it is not sufficient to recite Qur’aan or play a recording. 
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have 
    mercy on him) said in al-Tibyaan fi Adaab Hamalat al-Qur’aan 
    (p. 92): What should be paid attention to and is showing respect to the 
    Qur’aan and avoiding matters that some negligent reciters do not pay 
    attention to. 
For example: not laughing, 
    engaging in idle talk and speaking during the recitation, apart from 
    essential talk, in obedience to the words of Allaah, may He be exalted 
    (interpretation of the meaning): “So, when the Qur’aan is recited, listen 
    to it, and be silent that you may receive mercy” [al-A’raaf 7:204].  
That also includes not 
    fidgeting with one’s hands and so on, for one is conversing with one’s Lord, 
    may He be glorified and exalted, so one should not fidget before Him. 
That also includes not 
    looking at things that may distract one and not letting one’s mind wander. 
Even worse than all of that 
    is looking at that at which it is not permissible to look, such as beardless 
    youths and so on. If those who are attending a gathering of Qur’aan 
    recitation see any of these evils or any others, they should denounce it as 
    much as possible, taking action to stop it if they can or speaking out 
    against it if they cannot take action, otherwise let them denounce it in 
    their hearts. And Allaah knows best. End quote. 
Al-Bahooti (may Allaah have 
    mercy on him) narrated in Kashshaaf al-Qinaa’ (1/433) that Ibn ‘Aqeel 
    (may Allaah have mercy on him) stated that it is haraam to read Qur’aan in 
    the marketplaces where people shout to sell their wares, and he quoted him 
    as saying: Hanbal said: Many words and actions are done as acts of obedience 
    by the common folk, but they are regarded as sins by the scholars, such as 
    reading Qur’aan in the marketplaces where people shout to sell their wares, 
    and the people of the marketplace are not able to hear it, and that is a 
    kind of disrespect. End quote.  
The following question was 
    addressed to the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas: 
The specialist hospital has 
    an excellent internal communication system which allows a person to put a 
    caller on hold, and answer another call for a short or long period, then go 
    back to the first caller. During this period when he is on hold, the caller 
    can listen to some appropriate recorded material. We wanted to fill this 
    period with some religious material, such as portions of Qur’aan or hadeeth. 
    But because this religious material may be interrupted with talk about 
    worldly matters which may include serious talk and joking, depending on the 
    status and circumstances of the speakers, we thought that we should consult 
    you first, before we introduce this religious material. 
They replied: 
Firstly: It is not 
    permissible to put the caller on hold, because that causes annoyance, unless 
    there is a reason for that, such as if the caller is behaving badly and it 
    cannot be stopped except by cutting him off, or if some emergency arises. 
Secondly: The Holy Qur’aan 
    is the Word of Allaah, which must be respected and guarded against anything 
    inappropriate such as mixing it with jokes before or after the recitation, 
    or using it as entertainment or something to fill empty time, as you have 
    mentioned. Rather one should intend to listen to it properly with the aim of 
    worshipping Allaah and drawing closer to Him, whilst pondering its meanings 
    and learning lessons from it, not just for entertainment and to fill time. 
    The same applies to the hadeeth of the Prophet  (peace and blessings of 
    Allaah be upon him): it is not permissible to mix them with jokes and 
    chitchat, rather we should pay attention to it and guard it against anything 
    that is inappropriate. The aim should be to learn the rulings of sharee’ah 
    from it and act upon it. End quote. 
‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn 
    ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Baaz, ‘Abd al-Razzaaq ‘Afeefi, ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan, 
    ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Qa’ood 
End quote from Fataawa 
    al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (4/84) 
Undoubtedly what is going 
    on in the chat rooms is far more serious than what is mentioned in the 
    question put to the Committee. Hence we say: You must protect the Qur’aan 
    from such situations, for the Qur’aan is too great to be recited alongside 
    music; in that case it may happen that it is being recited to people who are 
    careless and heedless, let alone those who are engaged in haraam things. 
We do not advise anyone to 
    enter these websites and programs, apart from daa’iyahs who are equipped 
    with sufficient knowledge and insight to ward off specious arguments and who 
    have strong faith which will help them to resist whims and desires. 
People should keep 
    themselves busy with that which will benefit them, and make use of good and 
    decent web sites, for hearts are weak and specious arguments may have a 
    great impact. A person may go in with the intention of offering advice, but 
    will soon become one of those who become confused. We ask Allaah to keep us 
    safe and sound. 
May Allaah help us to do 
    that which He loves and which pleases Him. 
And Allaah knows best.