Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Touching a Tafseer kitaab without wudhu.

· 6 Rajab 1439 AH1 min readFatwa 40264English

Question

If I am not in a state of wudhu and I want to recite verses of quran then will it be permissible to take a tafsir book and recite the verses of Quran from there?? Because I heard that we can touch a tafsir book without wudhu.

Answer

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

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

It is permissible to hold a Tafsir book without wudhu if the tafsir is more than the words of the Qur’an and the actual words of the Qur’an are not touched.[i] It is advisable to make wudhu to read Qur’an from the Qur’an and this is in keeping with the respect of the Qur’an[ii].

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad Yusuf bin Moulana Abdur Rahim Khan

Student Darul Iftaa
Chatsworth, Durban, KZN, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] احسن الفتاویٰ جلد ٢ ص ٢٧

[ii] [ii] بدائع الصنائع (1/ 140)

قال صلى الله عليه و سلم [ لا صلاة إلا بوضوء ] ولا مس المصحف من غير غلاف عندنا وعند الشافعي : يباح له

مس المصحف من غير غلاف وقاس المس على القراءة فقال : يجوز له القراءة فيجوز له المس

ولنا قوله تعالى : { لا يمسه إلا المطهرون } وقول النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم : [ لا يمس القرآن إلا طاهر ]

مختصر القدوري (ص: 19)

ولا يجوز لمحدث مس المصحف إلا أن يأخذه بغلافه

تحفة الفقهاء (1/ 31)

وَلَا يُبَاح لَهُ مس الْمُصحف إِلَّا بغلافه وَكَذَا مس الدِّرْهَم الَّتِي كتب عَلَيْهَا الْقُرْآن

بدائع الصنائع (1/ 140)

ولا مس كتاب التفسير لأنه يصير بمسه ماسا للقرآن

Answered by
Muhammad Yusuf bin Moulana Abdur Rahim Khan
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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