Answer: The response to your question is that writing the Quran in the Uthmani script is wajib (obligatory) according to the view of the overwhelming majority of scholars. These scholars believe that the way Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and the noble companions chose to write the Quran is a matter of textual preservation and is based on ijma' (consensus) among the Sahabah.
The Uthmani script is not merely a choice; it is the established method of writing the Quran, and everyone should adhere to it. If you are writing a verse from the Quran, you must write it in the Uthmani script.
There are different views among the scholars regarding this issue:
- The strongest view, if Allah wills, is that the Uthmani script (al-rasm al-uthmani) is tawqeefi (divinely prescribed and fixed).
- Another view suggests that the Uthmani script is istilahi (a matter of convention or choice). However, this view is weak.
Even if someone holds the second view, we would still advise them that it is more preferable and better to follow the method of the noble companions.
Therefore, if Allah wills, when you write the Quran, strive to write it in the way it is written in the mushaf (the standard Quranic text).
And knowledge is with Allah, the Exalted.
— Answered by Ustadh Abdulrahman Hassan
