The ruling on a person in ihram touching the mushaf and the spaces between its lines

The questioner : The first question: Is it permissible for a person in ihram to touch the Qur'an, or to touch the mushaf in which the Qur'an is written?

The Shaykh : The hadith of 'Amr ibn Hazm . The mushaf has white margins and white borders. Is it permissible to touch the white margins and borders, or the space between the lines? He says: I did not touch the Qur'an; the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said , and I have not touched the letters. And you, the jurists, specifically the Hanbalis, say it is permissible for a child to touch a board containing the Qur'an, on the condition that his hand does not touch the letters; he may touch the margins or the space between the lines. There is a possibility in this, and there is a view among the Shafi'is that what is forbidden is touching the letters themselves only, not the margins, because the margins are paper. For this reason, he said , and the container is not the contained. The hadith says: "No one touches the Qur'an except one who is in a state of purity." Yes, but the more cautious course is not to touch the Qur'an; whatever is written in the Qur'an, its status is established by association, whereas what is not established in the general case is not established for it.