Purity When Touching the Muswhaf

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

Imam Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (r.a.) wrote, in at-Tibyan fi Adab Hamalat al-Qur’an, it is unlawful for someone in a state of minor ritual impurity to touch or carry the muswhaf; it is the same whether one carries it by its strap or something else - whether touching the book itself, the margin, or the cover.  It is unlawful to touch the bag, cover, or box in which the muswhaf is contained.  This is the preferred opinion. 

There is an opinion that these latter three are not unlawful, but it is weak.  If verses of the Qur’an were written on a board, the board then assumes the ruling of a muswhaf, whether the amount written is little or much.  It is unlawful to touch the board when one has minor ritual impurity, even if it is part of a verse written for the sake of study. 

The Shafi’i have two opinions regarding someone in the state of minor or major ritual impurity or menstruation touching the pages of the muswhaf with a stick or something like it.  The most obvious opinion is that it is permissible, and Iraqi Hanafi scholars were certain of it, since this does not constitute actual touching or carrying.  The second opinion is that it is unlawful, since it is regarded as holding one of the pages, and a page is like the entirety of the Qur’an.  If one wraps his sleeve over his hand and turns the pages of the muswhaf, it is still unlawful without any disagreement.  Some of the Shafi’i were mistaken by conveying two opinions about this.  The correct opinion is certain of its unlawfulness, since turning pages takes place by the hand, not the sleeve per se. 

It is unlawful for someone who writes a muswhaf while in the state of major or minor ritual impurity to actually carry the pages or to touch them while writing.  If he does not carry them and does not touch them, there are three opinions: writing is permissible, and this is the sound opinion; it is unlawful; and it is permissible when in the state of minor ritual impurity but unlawful when in the state of major ritual impurity.



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