Touching the Annotated Mushaf by the Innovator

Question:
Correct. Honorable Shaykh, he says: You have previously stated to your eminence that touching a book containing the complete Qur'an does not make one a disbeliever if it is written for the purpose of tafsir (exegesis). The question is: Does the book known as *Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar* (The Simplified Tafsir), which is the work of a committee of scholars, fall under this ruling or not?

Answer:
This is a mushaf, meaning it is called an annotated mushaf, or a tafsir. I say: If it is a tafsir book, such as Ibn Kathir’s tafsir or other tafsirs, and its name is "Tafsir Book," then it is permissible for a menstruating woman to touch it, and for one in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah) or one with minor ritual impurity (hadath) to touch it, because it is a tafsir book. As for the mushaf, it is not permissible for one with major ritual impurity to touch it, even if the tafsir is in the margins, because what is called a tafsir is called a mushaf. Yes.