Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Quran app on mobile phone

· 20 Jumada I 1434 AH1 min readFatwa 25005English

Question

As the world becomes more technologically advanced, there are applications and devices created to make our every day lives easier. My question revolves around a Quran application that you could download on to your phone and it has all the Surahs and Ayaats of the Quran so you could basically read the Quran off of your phone whenever you want. I want to know if it is ok for you to handle your phone without wudhu if you have this Quran app on your phone and if it is ok for you to take your phone into the bathroom or be able to throw it or put it on the ground?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is permissible for one to handle a mobile phone that has a Quran application stored in it without wudhu.[i] One should refrain from taking a mobile phone with a Quran application stored in it into a bathroom out of respect and reverence of the Quran[ii].

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai Saheb

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] مَالا يجوز للْجنب ان يَفْعَله... وَالثَّالِث أَن يمس مُصحفا الا فِي غلاف

(النتف في الفتاوى، ص31، دار الفرقان)

[ii] وَلَوْ كَانَ رُقْيَةً فِي غِلَافٍ مُتَجَافٍ عَنْهُ لَمْ يُكْرَهْ دُخُولُ الْخَلَاءِ بِهِ وَالِاحْتِرَازُ عَنْ مِثْلِهِ أَفْضَلُ

(تبيين الحقائق، ج1، ص58، المطبعة الكبرى الأميرية)

وَلَوْ كَانَتْ رُقْيَةٌ فِي غِلَافٍ مُتَجَافٍ لَمْ يُكْرَهْ دُخُولُ الْخَلَاءِ بِهِ وَالِاحْتِرَازُ عَنْ مِثْلِهِ أَفْضَلُ، كَذَا فِي فَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ وَفِي الْخُلَاصَةِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى خَاتَمِهِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى يُجْعَلُ الْفَصُّ إلَى بَاطِنِ الْكَفِّ

(البحر الرائق، ج1، ص213، دار الكتاب الإسلامي)

رُقْيَةً فِي غِلَافٍ مُتَجَافٍ لَمْ يُكْرَهْ دُخُولُ الْخَلَاءِ بِهِ، وَالِاحْتِرَازُ أَفْضَلُ

(رد المحتار، ج1، ص178، دار الفكر)

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