Sunday, 19 May 2013

IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO READ THE HOLY QURAN WITHOUT WUDU ? WITH TRANSLATION & TRANSLITERATION ?

QUESTION: IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO READ THE HOLY QURAN WITHOUT WUDU ? WITH TRANSLATION & TRANSLITERATION ?



Read Quran without Wudu?

Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

Assalamualaikum bro.. How are you? Is it permissible for us to read the Holy Quran in english without wudhu?? If yes, can both translation and transliteration of the Holy Quran be read without wudhu?? Kindly.clarify the doubt.. Please do remember us in your dua.. Take care.. Allah Hafiz..

Answer:

Read Quran without Wudu?

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 56 Surah Waqiah verse 77-79:That this is a Glorious Quran, inscribed in a well-guarded Book, which none can touch, except the purified.

Although the above aayah is meant to state how the Quran is honored by the noble angels in the heavens; the scholars have opined that just as the Quran is honored in the heavens by the angels, so should it be honored on the earth…. And thus, one should touch it only when one is pure and clean.

Thus, it is always preferred to be in a state of wudu when one recites the Quran from the Book.  But if one is reciting from memory, then there is no need to be in wudu.   And if one is sexually impure, then he must not even touch the Quran, unless he purifies himself with a full bath or ‘ghusl’.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.




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