Reading The Qur'an From A Website/phone Without Wudhu

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Is it allowed to read quran without wudhu while reading from a website etc? There are many websites that provides full quran for the people to read online. So, when you read quran in this way do you need to have wudhu or not when reading quran using standard computers? What is the rule if we read using mobile equipments such as iphones, other mobile phones or even touch screen computers?      

Answer

(Fatwa: 1032/812/D=1431)

(1) Yes, it is allowed to do recitation but there is more reward in reciting in the state of wudhu. However, one should not touch the screen while reciting without wudhu.

(2) Mobile too carries the same ruling.

 

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

 

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband

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Question

Assalamu alaykum Mufti Saheb, my question is that do you need wudhu if you are reading quran on the laptop/computer? 2. do you need wudhu if you are reading quran on a phone e.g. Iphone?

 

 

Answer

(Fatwa: 1510/1510/M=1431)

(1-2) It is not a condition to have wudhu merely for the recitation of the holy Quran. One can recite the holy Quran by watching it in the laptop, computer or mobile without wudhu. However, when the Quranic verses appear on the screen it is not lawful to touch the screen without wudhu.

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Hanafi Fiqh > Askimam.org

i have a pocket quran on my mobile phone i wanted to know if i could pray it without wudhu or weather i could touch it or not without wudhu

 

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

 

 

1. It is permissible to recite the Quraan without wudhu.

 

ويباح له قراءة القرآن لما روي أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم كان لا يحجزه من قراءة القرآن شيء إلا الجنابة

 

(Badaa’I us Sanaa’I Vol. 1. Pg. 141 Darul Kutub Deoband)

 

 

2. It will be permissible to touch the mobile phone without wudhu, however it will not be permissible to touch the actual text that appears on the screen of the mobile phone without wudhu.

 

(قوله مس مصحف) (قوله اى ما فيه آيه) لكن لا يحرم فى غير المصحف الا بالمكتوب: اى موضع الكتابة.

 

(Durrul Mukhtaar Vol. 1. Pg. 173 H M Saeed)

 

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

 

Ml. Abdul Hameed,

Student Darul Iftaa

 

Checked and Approved by:

 

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In’aamiyyah

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Reciting the Qur'an from a mobile phone

 

Q: My question is that can we recite the Qur'an-e-majeed from the mobile phone? Can we download the Qur'an on the mobile phone?

A:

1. Yes

2. Yes, provided one maintains the respect of the Qur'an (e.g. when the words of the Qur'an are on the screen one does not enter the toilet and one does not touch the words without wudhu).

NOTE: Though the above may be permissible, however we strongly discourage the downloading of the Qur'an on the mobile phone and reciting from it. Through reciting the Qur'an in this manner, the honour and sanctity of the Qur'an will no longer be maintained. Especially in these times where pictures of animate objects are taken and stored on the mobile phone and many sins are perpetrated through it. Hence, in order to uphold the rights of the Qur'an and show it the respect and honour it deserves, we strongly encourage that one recite the Qur'an in the normal way through looking into the Qur'an and reciting it in the state of wudhu.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَائِرَ اللَّـهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى الْقُلُوبِ ﴿الحج: ٣٢﴾

وعن أبي ملكية قال كان عكرمة بن أبي جهل إذا اجتهد في اليمين قال والذي نجاني يوم بدر وكان يأخذ المصحف فيضعه على وجهه ويقول : كلام ربي كلام ربي رواه الطبراني مرسلا ورجاله رجال الصحيح (مجمع الزوائد #16049)

فأما إذا اعتاد الناس قيام بعضهم لبعض . فقد يقال : لو تركوا القيام للمصحف مع هذه العادة لم يكونوا محسنين في ذلك ولا محمودين بل هم إلى الذم أقرب حيث يقوم بعضهم لبعض ولا يقومون للمصحف الذي هو أحق بالقيام . حيث يجب من احترامه وتعظيمه ما لا يجب لغيره . حتى ينهى أن يمس القرآن إلا طاهر ... وقد ذكر من ذكر من الفقهاء الكبار قيام الناس للمصحف ذكر مقرر له غير منكر له (مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية 23/66)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)