Touching Islamic Software Without Ablution

7-7-2000 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamualaikum, I'm 19 years old. In this cyber world there are new inventions that we never imagined. I want to know if the CD-ROM that contains al-Qur'an is the same as the Mus'haf (the book of al-Qur'an). I mean must we make ablutions (Wudu) before touching it or place it in a high
place?. Thanks!
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

A group of scholars may Allaah have mercy upon them issued a Fatwa stating that the ruling concerning the Mushaf (the Arabic copy of the Quran) does not apply to a cassette or any object used to record the Quran in regard to the prohibition of touching them without ablution.

Allah knows best.

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