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9. It is a heartfelt Madanī request to the publishers of religious books and monthly journals to refrain from printing any verses or translations of verses on any side of the front cover or back cover of books, pamphlets, booklets etc. because in picking up and touching the book, countless Muslims are caught up in absent-mindedly touching the verses without Wuḍū.
In this respect, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Al-Ḥāj Al-Ḥāfiẓ Al-Qārī Ash-Shāĥ Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن has stated on page 393 of volume 23 of Fatāwā Razawīyyaĥ, ‘Printing verses onto a paper which is wrapped around a bundle or packet of newspapers or booklets, or on cards or envelopes, causes disrespect to occur and leads towards Ḥarām, because it could be touched by postmen or others who may not be in the state of Wuḍū or may require Ghusl, or by Kuffār [unbelievers] who are always in a state of impurity [i.e. without Ghusl], and this is Ḥarām. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has stated:
لَا یَمَسُّہٗۤ اِلَّا الۡمُطَہَّرُوۡنَ ﴿ؕ۷۹﴾
No one should touch it except when in the state of ritual ablution (Wuḍū).
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]
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