I remember talking to my cousin after a Taraweeh prayer about doing Taraweeh for those who don’t have the Qu’ran memorized (for those who know, basically Taraweeh is the reading of the Qu’ran in sections in prayer for the duration of Ramadan). So we were talking about the rulings behind having a Qu’ran in front of you to read from during prayer. I think we found it was ok. If this is the case, the digital prayer rug could be very valuable for those to work with more of the Qu’ran during prayer. It can help enhance knowledge and understanding (maybe subtitled translation?).

Now, I guess the follow up from this would be the sincerity of a user to learn these things outside of actual Salat time. Some of the operations of this eRug, like notifications, Qu’ran display etc can be facilitated with other means outside the actual time of doing Salat. The reason it may be controversial is most would say there should be absolutely no external presence once performing Salat. However, maybe this is reputed by what I mentioned earlier of it being permissible to read directly from a Qu’ran during prayer (not positive on this ruling, so please correct me if I’m wrong).

So I guess in conclusion, cool idea to have something to enhance the quality of prayer. But on the contrary, is it really enhancing the quality of prayer given many of these aspects can be completed outside actual Salat performance? I kinda get what Mitch says about something feeling wrong about it, not really with the gimmick perspective. It’s like if I prayed everytime with a Qu’ran in front of me instead of spending time outside Salat in reviewing/memorising the surahs. And not only surahs, but Salat performance.