I work in a school that is far from the village, and I teach the students the Noble Qur'an, but there is no water in the school or nearby for wudu, and the Qur'an is not to be touched except by the purified.

The questioner : I work in a school that is far from the village, and I teach the students the Noble Qur'an, but there is no water in the school or nearby for wudu, and the Qur'an is not to be touched except by the purified. What should I do in this situation? May Allah reward you?

The Shaykh : If there is no water in the school or nearby, the students should be instructed not to come unless they are in a state of ritual purity. This is because the mushaf is not to be touched except by one who is pure, as indicated in the hadith of 'Amr ibn Hazm, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote for him: Here, "pure" refers to one who has removed the state of ritual impurity, as evidenced by the saying of Allah the Exalted in the verse regarding wudu, ghusl, and tayammum: In His saying: there is evidence that a person has not attained purity before he purifies himself. Therefore, it is not permissible for anyone to touch the Qur'an unless he is pure and has performed wudu, except that some scholars have granted a dispensation for young children to touch the Qur'an due to their need for it and their lack of understanding of wudu. However, it is better to instruct the students to perform wudu so that they touch the mushaf while in a state of purity.
And as for the sayingThe questioner : Because the Qur'an is not to be touched except by the purified, it seems he wants to use this verse as evidence for the obligation of purifying oneself to touch the mushaf. However, the verse contains no evidence for this, because the intended meaning of His saying: is the hidden Book, which is the Preserved Tablet, and the intended meaning of "the purified" is the angels. If it had been intended to mean those who purify themselves, it would have said "except the one who purifies himself" or "except those who purify themselves," and it would not have said "except the purified." Therefore, there is no evidence in the verse that it is not permissible to touch the mushaf except with purity, but the hadith we mentioned earlier is what indicates that. Yes.