malik was asked about it and he saw no harm in it but he disliked tying a knot in the thread that ties that book. he was also asked about a man who writes something from the quran for another man in a glass bowl then washes it with water and honey or with water alone and gives it to him to drink and he saw no harm in it.
وسئل مالك عنه فلم ير به بأسا وكره العقد في الخيط الذي يربط به ذلك الكتاب. وسئل أيضا عن الرجل يكتب للرجل الشيء من القرآن في حامة من زجاج، ثم يغسله بالماء والعسل، أو بالماء وحده ويسقيه إياه فلم ير به بأسا.