The Ruling on Touching the Mushaf for One in a State of Ritual Impurity
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What is the ruling on touching the mushaf for one in a state of ritual impurity?
The correct view is that it is forbidden, and that it is not permissible for one in a state of ritual impurity to touch the mushaf except through a barrier, because in the hadith of 'Amr ibn Hazm, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote for him, and this is a famous hadith among the scholars that the Muslim community accepted: “Let no one touch the Qur'an except one who is in a state of purity”, and the one in a state of purity is the one who has purified himself from the state of ritual impurity, as Allah the Exalted said when mentioning the verse of wudu' and tayammum: [Al-Ma'idah: 6],And as for the saying of the one who said: that the intended meaning of His saying: “except one who is in a state of purity” is “except a believer,” this is far-fetched,Because when the words of the Lawgiver are intended for the believer, He says: “except a believer” and not saying: “except one who is in a state of purity.”
The correct view is that it is forbidden, and that it is not permissible for one in a state of ritual impurity to touch the mushaf except through a barrier, because in the hadith of 'Amr ibn Hazm, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote for him, and this is a famous hadith among the scholars that the Muslim community accepted: “Let no one touch the Qur'an except one who is in a state of purity”, and the one in a state of purity is the one who has purified himself from the state of ritual impurity, as Allah the Exalted said when mentioning the verse of wudu' and tayammum:
