What is the ruling on touching the mushaf for one in a state of ritual impurity?

The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : What is the ruling on touching the mushaf for one in a state of ritual impurity?

The Shaykh : 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. This is because of the hadith of 'Amr ibn Hazm, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote for him, and it is a well-known hadith among the scholars that the Muslim community accepted: The pure one is the one who has purified himself from the state of ritual impurity, as Allah the Exalted said when mentioning the verse of ablution and dry ablution: As for the statement of those who said that the intended meaning of His saying: "except a believer," this is far-fetched, because when the Lawgiver intended to refer to a believer, He said "except a believer"; He did not say "except a pure one." Yes.