Is ritual purity required when touching books of tafsir?

Question : Certainly, a second question. Yes, he asks: Is ritual purity from the two states of impurity required when touching books of tafsir and others, O Shaykh?

Answer : The only thing that may not be touched without purity is the Noble Qur'an. As for books of tafsir, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said that if the Qur'an is more than the tafsir, the ruling follows the Qur'an, and it may not be touched without purity. If the tafsir is more than the Qur'an, the ruling follows the tafsir, and it is permissible to touch it without purity.