The ruling on requiring children to perform wudu' before touching the mushaf
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: I am a teacher and I teach the students the Noble Qur'an, praise and thanks be to Allah. Some of them are young in age, and some understand what is said to them. So, do I require them to perform wudu'?
Answer:
As for the young children, you do not allow them to touch the mushaf. You may give them portions or write for them on a board, and there is no harm in their touching it because they are not accountable. The need calls for this. However, if they have reached the age of discernment and understand what is said to them, it is obligatory to require them to be in a state of ritual purity to touch the mushaf. Touching the mushaf, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: I am a teacher and I teach the students the Noble Qur'an, praise and thanks be to Allah. Some of them are young in age, and some understand what is said to them. So, do I require them to perform wudu'?
Answer:
As for the young children, you do not allow them to touch the mushaf. You may give them portions or write for them on a board, and there is no harm in their touching it because they are not accountable. The need calls for this. However, if they have reached the age of discernment and understand what is said to them, it is obligatory to require them to be in a state of ritual purity to touch the mushaf. Touching the mushaf, yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 05 / فتاوى على الهواء - 06 02 1437هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (14:02)
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