When I'm Not In A State Of Purity, May I Touch the Qur'an?

Question :

After having urinated, and without afterwards perform- ing ablution, many foreign students hold the Qur'an; this habit is prevalent in many schools, but Allâh Almighty says:
"Which (that Book with Allah Almighty) none can touch but purified."

And the Messenger of Allah said :
"None but the pure may touch the Qur'an."

What is the ruling on this? And does a person sin when he touches the Qur'an without being purified?

Answer:

Educators and parents must teach children what is obligatory regarding worship, and reciting the Qur'an from the Mushaf is one of these topics, and doing so requires complete purification.

At the beginning of every lesson, the teacher must remind his students of this, and if necessary, force those who have passed wind, for instance, to repeat their ablution, because water - all praise is due to Allâh is readily available in all schools, and children know from the day they enter school how to perform ablution.

The proofs that the questioner mentioned suffice to show that purity is a requisite for touching the Mushaf which was revealed by the Lord of the Worlds. Meaning that in it the revealed. Speech of Allâh may be read, and when Allâh described it He said that none touches it except the purified. This is a description that applies to these Mushafs we have, and those who are "purified" applies to those who are purified from disbelief, from passing wind, from urinating, and from defecat- ing, this is due to the generality of the evidence. If what is intended by the verse is the Book that is with Allah Almighty, which none but the angels can touch, then the Qur'an is a section of that, and none may touch it except those who are purified both inwardly and outwardly. And Allâh Almighty knows best.

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