Reciting the Qur'an without ritual purity

Q: This is a letter we received from the questioner: A. R. M. from Jordan. He says in his letter: I recite the Qur'an, especially some of the short verses, from memory, but sometimes I am not in a state of ablution or not ritually pure. Is it permissible for me to recite the Qur'an in this state? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.

A: It is permissible for a Muslim man and woman to recite the Qur'an even if they are not in a state of ritual purity, provided they are not in a state of major ritual impurity. In that case, it is permissible for them to recite chapters or verses from memory due to the generality of the evidence. However, they may not recite from the mushaf until they perform the ablution for prayer, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As for the one in a state of major ritual impurity, he may not recite until he performs the full ritual bath. 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not prevented from anything in the Qur'an except by major ritual impurity. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
So the one in a state of major ritual impurity may not recite until he performs the full ritual bath. As for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, they may recite—meaning: from memory—in the most correct of the scholars' opinions, just like the one in a state of minor ritual impurity. Some scholars said that they are like the one in a state of major ritual impurity and may not recite—even from memory—until they perform the full ritual bath; because their state of impurity is major and necessitates the full ritual bath, so they resemble the one in a state of major ritual impurity. But the correct view is that they are not like the one in a state of major ritual impurity; because their state of impurity lasts and takes many days, and it is difficult for them to refrain from recitation, and they might lose their memorization.
So the correct view is that it is permissible for them to recite from memory, just as the one in a state of minor ritual impurity recites from memory. It is not permissible to analogize them to the one in a state of major ritual impurity due to the difference between them that we mentioned. The one in a state of minor ritual impurity is prevented from touching the mushaf until he purifies himself; due to the saying of the Exalted: [Al-Waqi'ah: 79], which is one of the scholars' opinions in interpreting the verse, and due to what came in the hadith from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: , and it is a good hadith with chains that support one another.
In summary: The one in a state of major ritual impurity, the menstruating woman, the woman with post-natal bleeding, and the one who is not in a state of purity due to passing wind or urination, none of them may recite from the mushaf. As for reciting from memory, it is permissible for the one in a state of minor ritual impurity to recite from memory, and for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding to recite from memory, according to the correct view.
As for the one in a state of major ritual impurity, he may not recite from memory or from the mushaf until he performs the full ritual bath. This is the summary of the topic. As for the narrated hadith prohibiting the menstruating woman from reciting the Qur'an, it is a weak hadith. It was narrated by Abu Dawud, from the hadith of Isma'il ibn 'Iyash, from Musa ibn 'Uqbah. The aforementioned Musa is from the Hijaz, and the narration of the aforementioned Isma'il from the people of the Hijaz is weak.
And success is from Allah.