Is it permissible to recite the Qur`an on electronic devices without ablution?
Question
Is it permissible to recite the Qur`an on electronic devices without ablution?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
It is permissible to recite the Glorious Qur`an from the computer or any other electronic or digital device[1]. However, one must have ablution (wudhu) in order to touch the verses of Qur`an on the screen.[2]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Hanif Yusuf Patel
Student Darul Iftaa
UK
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1] عن ابن مسعود قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : من قرأ حرفا من كتاب الله فله حسنة والحسنة بعشر أمثالها ، لا أقول الم حرف ، ولكن ألف حرف ، ولام حرف ، وميم حرف
[Sunan at-Tirmidhi, 2910]
وأن النظر في المصحف عبادة،
[Al-Muhit al-Burhani fi fiqh an-Nu`mani, 1: 311; Bada`i as-Sana`i fi Tartib ash-Shara`I, 1: 236 (hukm al-Istikhlaf) Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayah al-Mubtadi, 1: 63]
[2] لا يمسّه إلا المطهّرون
[Al-Quran 56:79]
لا يجوز لمحدث مس مصحف إلا بغلافه المنفصل لا المتصل في الصحيح
[Majma` al-Anhur, 1: 42 (at-Taharah), Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah Beirut; Radd al-Muhtar ala ad-Durr al-Mukhtar, 1: 173, H. M. Saeed Company; an-Nahr al-Fa`iq, 1: 134, Maktabah Imdadiyah Multan]
كذا الوضوء فرض "لمس المصحف ولو آية" مكتوبة على درهم أو حائط لقوله تعالى: {لا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ} وسواء الكتابة والبياض وقال بعض مشايخنا إنما يكره للمحدث مس الموضع المكتوب دون الحواشي لأنه لم يمس القرآن حقيقة والصحيح أن مسها كمس المكتوب ولو بالفارسية يحرم مسه إتفاقا على الصحيح
[Hashiyah at-Tahtawi ala Maraqi al-Falah Sharh Nur al-Idhah, 1: 126, Dar Quba`]
- Answered by
- Hanif Yusuf Patel
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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