Madanī Pearls As Regards To Touching The Holy Quran

• When not in the state of Wuḍū [ritual ablution], it is Farḍ to perform Wuḍū in order to touch the Noble Quran. 

(Nūr-ul-Īḍāḥ, pp. 18)

• When not in the state of Wuḍū, it is permissible to recite the Holy Quran by looking without touching it.

• It is not permissible to perform Tayammum in order to touch the Holy Quran, to performSajdaĥ Tilāwat, or to perform Sajdaĥ Shukr [prostration of gratefulness], when water is in reach.

(Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, part 2, pp. 352)

• It is Ḥarām for a person upon whom Ghusl [ritual bath] is Farḍ, to touch the Holy Quran. This includes the blank margins, the cover, and the cloth of the Holy Quran. Similarly, it is also Ḥarāmto recite the Holy Quran by looking at or from memory, to write a verse, to write a Ta’wīż [amulet] of a verse, to touch such an amulet, or to touch or wear such a ring which has Quranic verses inscribed e.g. a ring having inscribed Muqaṭṭa’āt( الٓـمّٓ – کٓـھٰـیٰـعٓص – یٰـسٓ – طٰـہٰ – قٓ etc. are called Muqaṭṭa’āt letters.).

(Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, part 2, pp. 326)

• If the Holy Quran is in a case, it is permissible to touch the case. It is also permissible to touch it using a handkerchief or any other type of cloth which is neither integral to you nor to the Holy Quran. It is Ḥarām to touch the Holy Quran with the sleeve of your shirt or the edge of your scarf; even if a corner of a shawl is hanging off one shoulder, you cannot use the other corner of that shawl to touch the Holy Quran, as all of these are considered as being integral to you in the same way as the cover of the Holy Quran is considered as being attached to it. 

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 1, pp. 348)

• The rulings of reciting and touching the Holy Quran also apply to translations of the Holy Quran in English, Persian, or any other language. 

(Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, part 2, pp. 327)

• It is not permissible for the one who has not performed Wuḍū or for whom Ghusl is due to touch a verse written in a book or in a newspaper. Similarly, it is also not permissible to touch the back side of the paper directly behind the section where the verse is written.

• A person who has not performed Wuḍū or on whom Ghusl is due is not allowed to touch any part of a piece of paper upon which only a verse, and nothing else, is written; this includes touching the front, back, the edges etc.

Kalām-e-Pāk kay Maulā mujĥay ādāb sikĥlā day

Mujĥay Ka’baĥ dikĥā day Gumbad-e-Khazrā bĥī dikĥlā day

Yā Allah! Enable me to learn manners of reciting the Quran, so auspicious

Show me the Ka’baĥ; and the emerald Dome, so blessed

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد