Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an without performing wudu'?
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Question:
Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an without performing wudu'? And who are the purified ones?
Answer:
It is permissible to recite the Qur'an without wudu' if one is not touching the mushaf, but is reciting from memory. However, touching the mushaf is not permissible except in a state of ritual purity. The purified ones mentioned in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [al-Waqi'ah:79] are, according to some scholars, those who have purified themselves from major and minor ritual impurity. The correct view is that they refer to the angels. As for the one in a state of janabah, he may not recite anything from the Qur'an, whether from memory or from the mushaf; for it is established from 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: .
Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an without performing wudu'? And who are the purified ones?
Answer:
It is permissible to recite the Qur'an without wudu' if one is not touching the mushaf, but is reciting from memory. However, touching the mushaf is not permissible except in a state of ritual purity. The purified ones mentioned in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
None touch it except the purified.
لَا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَThe Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not prevented from the Qur'an by anything except janabah
كان النبي ﷺ لا يحجزه شيء عن القرآن سوى الجنابة
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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