Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Reciting Quran on a Mobile phone without Wudhu - Is this permissible?

· 19 Jumada I 1444 AH1 min readFatwa 46670English

Question

Assalamualaykum, I used to recite Quran in my mobile phone due to some distractions and physical health problems and I do not know that it is not permissible to touch the letters even in mobile without wudu. So, the Quran which I recited in mobile earlier will be valid or invalid?

Answer

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

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

We make Dua Allah Ta’ala cure you of your illness and grant you complete Shifa. Ameen.

In principle, one must be in the state of Wudhu in order to touch the Mushaf.[1] It is sinful to touch a Mushaf without wudhu. This principle is equally applicable when touching the actual text of the Quran on an electronic device.[2]

However, one must differentiate between touching the Quran and reciting the Quran. In principle, whilst it is necessary to be in the state of wudhu in order to touch the Quran, it is not a prerequisite for recitation of the Quran.

Accordingly, your recitation of the Quran was valid, however, you should make Taubah and Istighfar for touching the Quran and refrain from doing so in the future.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Hasan Ahmed Razzak

Student – Darul Iftaa

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

19-04-1442| 04-12-2020

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1]

درر الحكام شرح غرر الأحكام (1/ 12)

الوضوء ثلاثة أنواع فرض على المحدث للصلاة ولو نفلا ولجنازة وسجدة تلاوة ومس مصحف

مجمع الأنهر في شرح ملتقى الأبحر (1/ 25)

(ولا يجوز لمحدث) مطلقا سواء كان بالحدث الأصغر أو الأكبر (مس مصحف إلا بغلافه المنفصل)

الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 73)

قُلْت: لَكِنْ فِي شَرْحِ الْمُنْيَةِ لِلْحَلَبِيِّ عِنْدَ قَوْلِهِ: وَلَا يَجُوزُ مَسُّ مُصْحَفٍ إلَّا بِغِلَافِهِ إذَا تَعَارَضَ إمَامَانِ مُعْتَبَرَانِ عَبَّرَ أَحَدُهُمَا بِالصَّحِيحِ وَالْآخَرُ بِالْأَصَحِّ، فَالْأَخْذُ بِالصَّحِيحِ أَوْلَى؛ لِأَنَّهُمَا اتَّفَقَا عَلَى أَنَّهُ صَحِيحٌ، وَالْأَخْذُ بِالْمُتَّفَقِ أَوْفَقُ فَلْيُحْفَظْ

[2]

الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 173)

(قَوْلُهُ: أَيْ مَا فِيهِ آيَةٌ إلَخْ) أَيْ الْمُرَادُ مُطْلَقُ مَا كُتِبَ فِيهِ قُرْآنٌ مَجَازًا، مِنْ إطْلَاقِ اسْمِ الْكُلِّ عَلَى الْجُزْءِ، أَوْ مِنْ بَابِ الْإِطْلَاقِ وَالتَّقْيِيدِ. قَالَ ح: لَكِنْ لَا يَحْرُمُ فِي غَيْرِ الْمُصْحَفِ إلَّا بِالْمَكْتُوبِ: أَيْ مَوْضِعُ الْكِتَابَة

Answered by
Hasan Ahmed Razzak
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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