What is the ruling on touching the mushaf, reciting the Qur'an, and performing wudu' while wearing clothes that contain najasah?
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The questioner : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on touching the mushaf, reciting the Qur'an, and performing wudu' while wearing clothes that contain najasah?
The Shaykh : Yes. It is permissible for a person to recite the Qur'an while his clothes contain najasah, because it is not a condition for the permissibility of reciting the Qur'an that one purify oneself from najasah. However, it is not befitting for a person to leave a garment on his body that contains najasah. It was part of the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to hasten to wash away najasah. As in the authentic hadith, where a child who had not yet eaten food was brought to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he sat the child on his lap. The child urinated on the lap of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called for water and sprinkled it on the urine, meaning he hastened to remove the impurity. Likewise, a person should hasten to wash away najasah if his garment, trousers, turban, or shirt becomes impure, or even if his bed becomes impure. If it happens that a person is unable to wash away the najasah and it remains on his garment, he may recite the Qur'an, whether he touches the mushaf while in a state of wudu' or recites from memory; all of this is the same, meaning it does not harm him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you.
The Shaykh : Yes. It is permissible for a person to recite the Qur'an while his clothes contain najasah, because it is not a condition for the permissibility of reciting the Qur'an that one purify oneself from najasah. However, it is not befitting for a person to leave a garment on his body that contains najasah. It was part of the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to hasten to wash away najasah. As in the authentic hadith, where a child who had not yet eaten food was brought to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he sat the child on his lap. The child urinated on the lap of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called for water and sprinkled it on the urine, meaning he hastened to remove the impurity. Likewise, a person should hasten to wash away najasah if his garment, trousers, turban, or shirt becomes impure, or even if his bed becomes impure. If it happens that a person is unable to wash away the najasah and it remains on his garment, he may recite the Qur'an, whether he touches the mushaf while in a state of wudu' or recites from memory; all of this is the same, meaning it does not harm him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you.