Touching the Mushaf and Purity
326 questions
Is it permissible to recite Surat Al-Fatihah at any time, or is it restricted to specific times, such as prayer, and what are these times if they are specific?
What should you do if impurity gets on your foot, knowing that washing it and then walking on the carpets might make the foot impure again, due to doubt about the house becoming impure as a result of family members entering the bathroom without shoes and a female child urinating in the room's hallway?
Do the Malikis permit a menstruating woman to recite the Qur’an if she does not have memorized the surahs or parts she will recite, by analogy with their saying that recitation is permissible for fear of forgetting?
Is swearing three times on the Qur’an from the outside valid or unacceptable, given the compulsion and lack of purity?
How can the Hadith about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) not returning the greeting of Salām until he performed tayammum be reconciled with the Hadith "He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to remember Allah at all times"? And is it permissible for someone in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) to recite the Qur'an by analogy with that?
Does touching dry ritual impurity with the hand transfer its smell, and is the presence of its smell on the hand proof of the existence of the impurity, and is it permissible to touch religious books with this hand?
Is it obligatory to perform ablution (wudu') to read the Qur'an for someone who cannot maintain their ablution due to constant flatulence?
Is it permissible to read the Quran from the internet without Wudu, and will its reciter be rewarded?
To what extent is the story true about the woman who spoke only with the Quran, a narration attributed to Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, and does it have an isnad? Who was the first to mention it? Did Sheikh Al-Uthaymeen explicitly state that it is historically inaccurate? And to what extent is her action permissible Islamically, if its isnad is authentic?
What is the ruling on a menstruating woman reciting from the Mus'haf out of necessity to calm a woman afflicted by jinn possession?
Does the reward for reading or memorizing the Qur'an from a mobile phone decrease compared to reading it from the Mushaf?
Is it permissible for me to read Riyad al-Salihin during my menstrual period?
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to read the Qur’an from the Mushaf?
What is the ruling on touching the Qur'an with a hand that has the trace of a minor wound from which a small amount of blood might transfer to the Qur'an? Is blood impure (najis) or merely repulsive (mustaqdhar)? And is this considered a an act of contempt towards the Qur'an that necessitates apostasy?
Is wiping sufficient to remove impurity, and how does one wipe a Mus'haf or a phone that displays Qur'anic verses?
What was the nature of the relationship between the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and idols before prophethood? And is it true that he never worshipped them, even before prophethood, taking into consideration the Almighty’s saying: "And the defilement shun"?
How can one differentiate between obsessive doubt (waswas) and a normal matter related to impurity (najāsa)? Is something considered pure if its impurity was certain, and then you touched it and subsequently touched other things with it without seeing the impurity on them? Is a sticky substance, like something wet, considered to become impure upon contact with impurity? What is the ruling on non-Islamic products like perfume? And does impurity transfer simply by a defiled hand touching soap during washing?
Is it permissible for a non-Muslim to touch a translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an in English?
What is the ruling on selling a Mus'haf to Dhimmis when the seller knows they will touch it and gift it to a Muslim? And what is the correct action in such a situation?
Is it permissible to write verses from the Qur’an using standard spelling for the purpose of memorization, and do these papers take the ruling of a Mus'haf, thereby necessitating ritual purity when touching them?
What is the ruling on doubting the transfer of impurity from a child's urine after washing clothes by hand, and doubting the touching of hair and ear?
How authentic is the hadith: "If you are able to remain in a state of wudu' (ablution) always, then do so; for indeed, when the Angel of Death seizes the soul of a servant while he is in a state of wudu', martyrdom is written for him," and what is meant by "martyrdom is written for him" if the hadith is authentic? And what is the virtue of performing wudu' before sleep and remaining in a state of wudu' throughout the day?
Is the dog ritually impure and does it expel angels from the house? Has this been mentioned in the Holy Quran, or is it one of the things that invalidate ablution? Are the hadiths regarding the impurity of the dog authentic?
Which is better for a menstruating woman: to read the Qur’an from her phone during Ramadan, or to make up for it later, and what should she do at the points of prostration of recitation?