Is it permissible for a Qur'an reciter to speak with someone who asks him a question during the recitation, and is it permissible to read the Qur'an from a tafsir (exegesis) if the person is not in a state of wudu (ablution) and the woman is also menstruating?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, he asks: Is it permissible for a Qur'an reciter to speak with someone who asks him a question during the recitation, and is it permissible to read the Qur'an from a tafsir (exegesis) if the person is not in a state of wudu (ablution) and the woman is also menstruating?
The Shaykh : Yes. There is no blame on a person if he speaks to someone who is speaking to him while he is reciting the Qur'an. However, it is recommended that others not distract a person from his recitation of the Qur'an, because some people, when spoken to while reciting the Qur'an, lose their place in the surah, especially if they are reciting from memory; the speaker interrupts his recitation. This is regarding speaking to the reciter. As for the reciter himself, if he wants to speak to someone, there is no blame on him either, but it is recommended that he not interrupt his recitation to talk to people unless there is a benefit. What is the second part of the question?
The questioner : Regarding reading the tafsir (exegesis).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Without wudu (ablution)?
The Shaykh : As for reading the tafsir (exegesis) without wudu (ablution), there is nothing wrong with it, because the tafsir is not called a mushaf (written copy of the Qur'an) or Qur'an. However, there are editions that print the mushaf within the page and the tafsir in the margin, and the Qur'an is more than its tafsir; this has the ruling of the mushaf, and it is not to be touched except in a state of ritual purity.
As for the woman, she may read the tafsir (exegesis), and she may also look at the Qur'an and read it with her heart without pronouncing it. As for her pronouncing the Qur'an, the precaution is that she not pronounce it except in what is necessitated by need, such as the verses of the daily recitation (wird), like the Verse of the Throne. If a person recites the Verse of the Throne at night, a guardian from Allah remains with him, and no Shaytan approaches him until he becomes morning. Therefore, if a menstruating woman reads the Qur'an as an act of worship by reciting it, it is better that she not do so, because the scholars differ on whether that is a sin or a reward.
And if it is for a need, such as if she is reading the verses of the daily recitation (wird), or reading so that she does not forget what she has memorized, or teaching her daughter or son, or a student reviewing in the school, all of this is a need, and there is nothing wrong with a menstruating woman doing it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes. There is no blame on a person if he speaks to someone who is speaking to him while he is reciting the Qur'an. However, it is recommended that others not distract a person from his recitation of the Qur'an, because some people, when spoken to while reciting the Qur'an, lose their place in the surah, especially if they are reciting from memory; the speaker interrupts his recitation. This is regarding speaking to the reciter. As for the reciter himself, if he wants to speak to someone, there is no blame on him either, but it is recommended that he not interrupt his recitation to talk to people unless there is a benefit. What is the second part of the question?
The questioner : Regarding reading the tafsir (exegesis).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Without wudu (ablution)?
The Shaykh : As for reading the tafsir (exegesis) without wudu (ablution), there is nothing wrong with it, because the tafsir is not called a mushaf (written copy of the Qur'an) or Qur'an. However, there are editions that print the mushaf within the page and the tafsir in the margin, and the Qur'an is more than its tafsir; this has the ruling of the mushaf, and it is not to be touched except in a state of ritual purity.
As for the woman, she may read the tafsir (exegesis), and she may also look at the Qur'an and read it with her heart without pronouncing it. As for her pronouncing the Qur'an, the precaution is that she not pronounce it except in what is necessitated by need, such as the verses of the daily recitation (wird), like the Verse of the Throne. If a person recites the Verse of the Throne at night, a guardian from Allah remains with him, and no Shaytan approaches him until he becomes morning. Therefore, if a menstruating woman reads the Qur'an as an act of worship by reciting it, it is better that she not do so, because the scholars differ on whether that is a sin or a reward.
And if it is for a need, such as if she is reading the verses of the daily recitation (wird), or reading so that she does not forget what she has memorized, or teaching her daughter or son, or a student reviewing in the school, all of this is a need, and there is nothing wrong with a menstruating woman doing it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.