The Condition of Ritual Purity for Touching the Mushaf

Question:
Your Eminence is asked, and he says: What is the ruling on touching the mushaf without wudu' during study?

Answer:
It is obligatory for the student to perform wudu'; he must not touch the Qur'an except while in a state of wudu'. This is because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded this, and he wrote to the people of Yemen: The Companions issued a fatwa to this effect (may Allah be pleased with them), and this is the position of the majority of scholars and most of them. Wudu' is necessary, whether in study or otherwise; he must not touch it except with wudu'. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. What is your advice to teachers in this case, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh: Teachers educate the students and guide them so that they benefit, learn, and conduct themselves with the manners of the Shari'ah. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah bless you. Among these is that when the Qur'an class comes, he should ask them.

The Shaykh: Yes, he should command them to perform wudu'. Yes, if he is reading from the mushaf. But if it is from memory, there is nothing wrong with it.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.