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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on touching the mushaf without wudu'

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Question:
The questioner asks, Shaykh, saying: Sometimes I read the Qur'an and touch it without wudu'?

Answer:
It is not permissible to touch the Qur'an directly, meaning the mushaf, unless you are in a state of ritual purity from hadath. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
no-one should touch the Qur'an unless he was pureلا يمس القرآن إلا طاهر
Muwatta Malik 15:1
. As for reciting it from memory while in a state of minor hadath, or reciting from the mushaf without touching it directly but through a barrier, there is no harm in that. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source فتاوى على الهواء 21-12-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (41:17)

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