The
Questioner: Good, O Shaykh as follow up to that question, Reading [Qur’ān] from
a mobile phone, does this require ablution (wuḍū)?
Shaykh Ṣālih al-Fawzān:
“It does not require ablution (wuḍū) because it is
not a physical Qur’ān (Muṣḥaf) and thus it does not take the rulings of the physical Qur’ān (Muṣḥaf).
So it is similar to reciting from memory. It is lawful for the one who has
experienced the lesser form of ritual impurity. As for the one who has
experienced the greater ritual impurity, then he should not read the Qur’ān. Not from
the physical Qur’ān (Muṣḥaf),
nor from the mobile phone nor from memory until an individual has purified
himself.”
Translated
By: Abu-Layth Qāsim
Mutiva
Originally published on
Jun 22, 2016 by Masjid Al-Wahyain MN
