The Ruling on a Person in a State of Major Ritual Impurity Reading the Qur'an, Touching the Mushaf, and Vowing to Perform Hajj
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The questioner:
A person in a state of major ritual impurity does not read the Qur'an, based on the explicit text from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The same applies to a menstruating woman and a woman with post-natal bleeding; according to the majority of scholars, they do not read the Qur'an.
The Shaykh:
And the heart is visible. As for touching this mushaf, the four Imams agreed, and the majority of scholars held, that if he has not broken his ritual purity, even if it is only a minor state of impurity, it is not permissible for him to touch the mushaf. And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "No one touches the Qur'an except one who is in a state of purity." May Allah reward you with good and do you well.
The questioner:
A message sent by one of the brothers, saying: I am Muhammad Dawud Ahmad, a Sudanese working in the Kingdom. I have been following your program for a long time and never miss it. Whenever a question comes to mind that I want to present to your eminence, I always find a sufficient answer in one of the episodes of this program. We ask Allah to grant you success and increase the number of people like you. Now, I have some questions I would like answered, may Allah reward us. If I say, "I will perform Hajj this year on behalf of..."
A person in a state of major ritual impurity does not read the Qur'an, based on the explicit text from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The same applies to a menstruating woman and a woman with post-natal bleeding; according to the majority of scholars, they do not read the Qur'an.
The Shaykh:
And the heart is visible. As for touching this mushaf, the four Imams agreed, and the majority of scholars held, that if he has not broken his ritual purity, even if it is only a minor state of impurity, it is not permissible for him to touch the mushaf. And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "No one touches the Qur'an except one who is in a state of purity." May Allah reward you with good and do you well.
The questioner:
A message sent by one of the brothers, saying: I am Muhammad Dawud Ahmad, a Sudanese working in the Kingdom. I have been following your program for a long time and never miss it. Whenever a question comes to mind that I want to present to your eminence, I always find a sufficient answer in one of the episodes of this program. We ask Allah to grant you success and increase the number of people like you. Now, I have some questions I would like answered, may Allah reward us. If I say, "I will perform Hajj this year on behalf of..."
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 226 من المجموعة الأولى للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (8:38)
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