Conditions for Being Permitted to Touch the Mushaf

ما يشترط لجواز مس المصحف

Conditions for Being Permitted to Touch the Mushaf

Translated by: Reza Ervani bin Asmanu

This article, “Conditions for Being Permitted to Touch the Mushaf,” is included in the Islamic Questions and Answers Category

السؤال

Question:

سؤالي ما هوالواجب لمس المصحف وما الفرق بين الطهارة والوضوء وهل الوضوء غير مطلوب لمس المصحف ولكن الطهارة فقط؟ ولكم شكري.

My question is: What is required in order to touch the mushaf? What is the difference between taharah and wudu? Is wudu not required for touching the mushaf, with taharah alone being sufficient? Thank you.

الإجابــة

Answer:

الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، وعلى آله وصحبه، أما بعد:

All praise is due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, and his Companions. To proceed:

فلا يجوز أن يمس المصحف الكافر لأنه نجس الاعتقاد ، كما قال الله تعالى:

A disbeliever is not permitted to touch the mushaf because of impurity in belief, as Allah Most High says:

(إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَذَا) [التوبة:٢٨]

“Indeed, the polytheists are impure, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this year of theirs.” (Surah at-Tawbah, verse 28).

فلا يجوز تمكينهم من دخول الحرم لشرفه وطهره، وكذلك لا يمكنون من مس المصحف ، فهو أعظم ، وأشرف ، وقد روى البخاري ومسلم عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال: “نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يسافر بالمصحف إلى أرض العدو”.

Thus, they are not to be permitted to enter the Haram because of its honor and purity. Likewise, they are not to be permitted to touch the mushaf, for it is even greater and more honorable. Al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated from Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, that he said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade traveling with the mushaf to enemy territory.”

ولا يجوز أن يمسه المسلم المحدث ، سواء كان حدثه أكبر ، أو أصغر ، لقول الله تعالى:

It is also not permissible for a Muslim who is in a state of ritual impurity to touch the mushaf, whether the impurity is major or minor, based on the statement of Allah Most High:

(لَا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ) [الواقعة:٧٩]

“None touch it except the purified.” (Surah al-Waqi’ah, verse 79).

وروى ابن حبان في صحيحه والحاكم في المستدرك وغيرهما أنه جاء في كتاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ:

Ibn Hibban narrated in his Sahih, and al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, among others, that the letter of the Prophet ﷺ to the people of Yemen contained the words:

“ولا يمس القرآن إلا طاهر”.

“No one should touch the Qur’an except one who is pure.”

ونقل المباركفوري عن الحافظ ابن عبد البر أنه قال: “وهو كتاب مشهور عند أهل السير معروف عند أهل العلم معرفة يستغني بها في شهرتها عن الإسناد لأنه أشبه المتواتر لتلقي الناس له بالقبول …”

Al-Mubarakfuri quoted al-Hafiz Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr as saying: “It is a well-known letter among the scholars of biography and is recognized by the people of knowledge to such a degree that, because of its fame, there is no need to mention its chain of transmission, for it resembles a mutawatir report due to the people’s acceptance of it…”

فدلت الآية والحديث بعمومهما أنه لا يمس القرآن إلا طاهر ، فيشمل ذلك الطهارة من الكفر ، والطهارة من الحدث ، سواء كان أكبر ، أو أصغر ، كما يشمل الطهارة من الخبث ، والفرق بينهما أن الحدث الأكبر هو ما يوجب الغسل ، والأصغر ما يوجب الوضوء.

Thus, the verse and the hadith, in their general wording, indicate that no one should touch the Qur’an except one who is pure. This includes purity from disbelief, purity from ritual impurity whether major or minor, and purity from physical impurity. The difference between major and minor ritual impurity is that major impurity requires ghusl, while minor impurity requires wudu.

والفرق بين الطهارة والوضوء هو أن الطهارة أعم ، فالوضوء طهارة صغرى فقط.

The difference between taharah and wudu is that taharah is the broader term, while wudu is only one form of minor purification.

والله أعلم.

And Allah knows best.

Source: IslamWeb