The ruling on a child who has not performed ablution touching the mushaf

Question:
Is it permissible for a child who has not reached puberty to touch the mushaf if he is not in a state of ritual purity?

Answer:
No, it is not permissible, neither for an adult nor for a child. It is not allowed. It is not permissible for the child’s guardian to allow him to touch the mushaf. What is forbidden for a child is forbidden for an adult. However, they made a dispensation for writing verses for a child on a board, because that is not a mushaf, in order to teach him the Qur’an. He writes for him on a type of board, and this was used when people were studying in the kuttab. They would write verses or surahs on boards for them to read. Once they memorized them, they would wipe them off and write other verses. They said, “No, this is not a mushaf; this is a type of board.”