Is it permissible to touch the frame or the covering screen through which a Quranic verse is displayed?
Question
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]
the above is a answer on your website.
I have an IPAD where the ayat are written on the LCD screen but this is covered by another screen which is a touch cover..
as an example if an Ayat was in a frame do you still need wudu
Do i still need wudu
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
It is better and cautious to have ablution when touching the covering screen or frame of a device on which verses of the Qur’an are displayed[1].
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] وكذا لا يجوز له وضع الأصابع على الورق المكتوب فيه لأنه تبع له وكذا مس شيئ مكتوب فيه شيئ من القرآن من لوح أو درهم أو غير ذلك إذا كان آية تامة إلا بصُرّته. وأما كتب التفسير، فلا يجوز له مس موضع القرآن منها وله أن يمس غيره بخلاف المصحف لأن جميع ذلك تبع له والكل من (الجوهرة)
[Al-lubab fi Sharh al-Kitab, 2: 88, Dar al-basha`ir al-Islamiyyah and Dar as-Siraj]
- Answered by
- Hanif Yusuf Patel
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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