A young child touching the mushaf
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for a child who is three years old to touch the mushaf without messing with it? He says: Because there are those who rebuke children for this in the women’s section and elsewhere?
Answer:
The child is prevented from doing so, but if he touches it without any of the adults seeing, and he touches it on his own, there is nothing wrong with that because he is not accountable. However, an adult cannot allow the child to touch the mushaf; he cannot allow it. But if the child touches it without the adult’s choice, the adult is not sinful because the child is not accountable. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for a child who is three years old to touch the mushaf without messing with it? He says: Because there are those who rebuke children for this in the women’s section and elsewhere?
Answer:
The child is prevented from doing so, but if he touches it without any of the adults seeing, and he touches it on his own, there is nothing wrong with that because he is not accountable. However, an adult cannot allow the child to touch the mushaf; he cannot allow it. But if the child touches it without the adult’s choice, the adult is not sinful because the child is not accountable. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل قال - تعالى - { فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم } — islamhouse.com (1:18:25)
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