Has Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allaah have mercy on him, said that it is permissible to read the Quran in the bar? I heard this from a person who claims to have knowledge.

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We have not come across any statement of Ibn Taymiyyah which suggests what you mentioned. As regards the ruling on this matter, the jurists stated that it is disliked to read the Quran in dirty places, they said that it is desirable to read the Quran in a clean place. Ad-Dussooqui said: 'It is disliked to read the Quran or to mention Allaah in the streets and in dirty places.'

It is known that bars are dirty places and they might even be stained with intoxicants; and intoxicants are impure according to the majority of the scholars.

Allaah Knows best.