What is the ruling on young female students touching the mushaf?
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Question:
This is a question from the listener (J. M. 'A.) from al-Washm. She says: I am a teacher in an elementary school, and I teach the subject of the Noble Qur'an to second-grade female students. These students are young in age, and they do not perform wudu' properly, and perhaps they do not care about it. They touch the mushafs and follow me in it, and they are not in a state of wudu'. Does any sin attach to me in this? And I have clarified to them how to perform wudu' and informed them, or not?
Answer:
If they are seven years old or older, they should be taught and perform wudu' until they become accustomed to this matter, and then they may be given the mushaf. As for if they are younger than that, their wudu' is not valid, and wudu' is not their concern. Instead, the required material should be written for them on boards or on papers, and they should not be given the mushaf. The required items should be written for them on papers, and that is sufficient, if Allah wills.
As for if they understand wudu', they should be taught wudu' until they perform it and read from the mushaf, and they should strive in this matter until they become accustomed to it.
And if something is hidden from you, the matter is up to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it does not harm you. If something is hidden from you, it is upon you to guide, advise, and teach. And if it is decreed that something is hidden, and that some of them passed wind and did not care about it, it does not harm you, because you taught them and made them aware of the obligatory. And this is the only obligatory upon you. Yes.
The presenter: Indeed, wudu' or purity, even from the minor state of ritual impurity, is obligatory for reading for every...
The Shaykh: No, the mushaf only. The mushaf is specific. As for reading without a mushaf, there is no harm.
The presenter: For the mushaf, you mean?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The presenter: Obligatory?
The Shaykh: Yes, this is the correct view. This is the correct view held by the majority of the scholars, that purity is necessary for touching the mushaf according to the four Imams and others. Yes.
This is a question from the listener (J. M. 'A.) from al-Washm. She says: I am a teacher in an elementary school, and I teach the subject of the Noble Qur'an to second-grade female students. These students are young in age, and they do not perform wudu' properly, and perhaps they do not care about it. They touch the mushafs and follow me in it, and they are not in a state of wudu'. Does any sin attach to me in this? And I have clarified to them how to perform wudu' and informed them, or not?
Answer:
If they are seven years old or older, they should be taught and perform wudu' until they become accustomed to this matter, and then they may be given the mushaf. As for if they are younger than that, their wudu' is not valid, and wudu' is not their concern. Instead, the required material should be written for them on boards or on papers, and they should not be given the mushaf. The required items should be written for them on papers, and that is sufficient, if Allah wills.
As for if they understand wudu', they should be taught wudu' until they perform it and read from the mushaf, and they should strive in this matter until they become accustomed to it.
And if something is hidden from you, the matter is up to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it does not harm you. If something is hidden from you, it is upon you to guide, advise, and teach. And if it is decreed that something is hidden, and that some of them passed wind and did not care about it, it does not harm you, because you taught them and made them aware of the obligatory. And this is the only obligatory upon you. Yes.
The presenter: Indeed, wudu' or purity, even from the minor state of ritual impurity, is obligatory for reading for every...
The Shaykh: No, the mushaf only. The mushaf is specific. As for reading without a mushaf, there is no harm.
The presenter: For the mushaf, you mean?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The presenter: Obligatory?
The Shaykh: Yes, this is the correct view. This is the correct view held by the majority of the scholars, that purity is necessary for touching the mushaf according to the four Imams and others. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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