What is the ruling on reciting and touching the mushaf without wudu'?

Question:
My colleague and I disagreed on the point that reading from the mushaf without wudu' is permissible; because a Muslim does not become ritually impure, so what is the correct view?

Answer:
A Muslim does not become ritually impure, but he needs ritual purity, and this does not mean that he is ritually impure. The purity of wudu' is an independent act of worship, and the purity from major ritual impurity is an independent act of worship, and it does not follow that he is ritually impure before that. But this is a legal purity, a legal act of worship. One who has minor ritual impurity performs wudu' so that he can pray and so that he can touch the mushaf. And one who has major ritual impurity, the one in a state of janabah, performs the full ritual bath, and after this he prays and touches the mushaf. As for the one in a state of janabah and the one with minor ritual impurity, they do not touch the mushaf, but they read from memory. If he is not in a state of janabah, he reads from memory, and praise be to Allah.
Q: Does one who reads from the mushaf while not in a state of wudu' commit a sin for that?
A: He commits a sin; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that, and he said: .