Is it permissible for a person in a state of major ritual impurity to recite the Qur'an and remember Allah?

The questioner : If a person is in a state of major ritual impurity, is it permissible for him to recite the Qur'an or remember Allah?

The Shaykh : Your phrase "or remember Allah," like your previous phrase, was said in forgetfulness, and you want to cancel it... because remembering Allah is permissible by consensus, do you see? So the question is not valid. But your question shows that you have some of the politics and diplomacy, as they say today, in its form, meaning. I am not saying, for example, directly like this... or it comes to your mind like this, off the top of your head, meaning it is possible; because remembering Allah, meaning if a person says "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah) and "Alhamdulillah" (Praise be to Allah), as we said at that time, and he is in a state of major ritual impurity, it is permissible by consensus. So why do you ask about it? This is not your question. Your question is the first one.
Is it permissible for a person in a state of major ritual impurity to recite the Qur'an? For your sake, you stopped the completeness, I gave it to you, do not ask about it; because I think you know that it is permissible before I tell you it is permissible or not permissible. From the methodology of knowledge is clarifying words. If you mean by your question "is it permissible" in the sense of the opposite, that it is forbidden, then this has an answer. And if you mean by your saying "is it permissible" that what is better, to recite the Qur'an in a state of purity, or in a state of major ritual impurity, this second part of the question also has no need for it; because everyone knows that reciting the Qur'an in a state of complete purity is the best, without doubt or hesitation. So before I answer you, I want to take an answer from you. If you mean by your saying "is it permissible" that "is it forbidden"?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Like this, so I am now answering you. It is not forbidden for a person in a state of major ritual impurity to recite the Qur'an; because forbidding something that Allah and His Messenger have not forbidden is forbidden. Forbidding something that Allah and His Messenger have not forbidden is forbidden for us. Why do we forbid and permit from our own selves? Allah the Exalted said: Did they legislate for them from the religion what Allah has not permitted? No, we are followers of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). If there is no text in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), let alone in the Book of Allah, forbidding the recitation of the Qur'an by a person in a state of major ritual impurity, then who dares to forbid what Allah has not forbidden? And this is the nature of the Christians. Allah the Exalted said: They claim. They answer from their own selves. Therefore, every day the Pope gives them new rulings, because in their Gospel, Peter said to them, what you bind on earth, Allah said to him: , what you bind on earth, O Peter, will be bound in heaven. And therefore, the religion of the Christians is a religion of form every day, yes, as they please. But we say it is disliked. Look at the difference. We say it is disliked to recite the Qur'an in a state of major ritual impurity, with dislike. We do not say it is forbidden, because there is no text. You might say, where is the text for the dislike? We say to you, at your service, we will bring you the text immediately. There is a hadith in the Sunan of Abu Dawud with a sound chain that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) relieved himself, then a man passed by him and said, "Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah." So the Messenger rushed to the wall and performed dry ablution with clean earth, and said: . Do you see? You might wonder where is the dislike of remembering Allah? "Peace" is the Believer, the Preserver, this is one of the names of Allah in the Noble Qur'an, and our Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) confirmed that in his Sunnah where he said: . So if you know this reality, and it becomes clear to you that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked saying "Peace be upon you" except in a state of purity, then what do we say regarding the Qur'an? Is this not more deserving and more deserving? Yes, without doubt or hesitation. But the severity, the severity does not bring good. You want to respect the Qur'an, the Word of Allah. The field for respect is open, its doors are wide open. But beware of extremism in religion; because the noble Prophet said: . It is enough for you to say to people, "O people, the Word of Allah should be honored and magnified," as Allah the Exalted said in the Noble Qur'an: . So we say it is disliked, and we do not say it is forbidden or not permissible, correct? In addition to this, we say: Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to remember Allah in all his states" . So why do we say the opposite of what Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said about her Prophet and the Prophet of everyone? And I affirm that no person can adhere to the saying of prohibition, no matter how extreme he is in the saying of prohibition. What do you think? This is new speech you are going to hear, now, now. We hear that many female teachers in girls' schools are embarrassed when the Qur'an lesson comes. They are embarrassed to teach the girls the Qur'an. Why? Because she is menstruating. Has this thing reached you or not? And the opposite.