Schedule for the Halqahs [learning sessions] of the weekly Ijtima’ (overseas), 29 October 2020

   ۔1Short Bayan on different topics: 5 minutes

   ۔2Memorising Du’a: 5 minutes

   ۔3Fikr-e-Madinah: 5 minutes

   ۔4Total duration: 15 minutes

Remaining rulings regarding touching the Qur`an

   ۔4The one upon whom Ghusl is Fard, it is Haraam for him to touch the Qur`an, even if it is its blank margin, its cover or cloth. It is also Haraam for him to recite it whether while touching it or without touching it or by looking at it or from memory. Moreover, it is also Haraam for him to write a verse, write a Ta’weez of a verse, touch such a Ta’weez, or touch or wear such a ring; such as the Muqatta’at ring. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, Part. 1, 2, p. 326)

   ۔5If the Holy Qur`an is in a holder, there is no harm in touching the holder. Similarly, it is permissible to touch it with a handkerchief or such a cloth which is neither considered a part of you nor a part of the Qur`an. It is Haram to touch it with the sleeve of your shirt or the corner of your scarf; to such an extent that if one side of a shawl is on your shoulder, then it is Haraam to touch the Qur`an with the other side of the shawl, as these are all considered to be a part of you, just as the cover is considered to be a part of the Holy Qur`an. (Durr-e-Mukhtar wa Radd-ul-Muhtar, vol. 1, p. 348)

   ۔6The rulings regarding reciting or touching the Holy Qur`an also apply to translations of the Holy Qur`an in Persian, Urdu or any other language.

 (Bahar-e-Shari’at, part. 2, p. 327)

   ۔7If any verse is written in a book or a newspaper, it is not permissible for the one who does not have Wudu or the one who must perform Ghusl to touch that verse or to touch the area of the paper that is directly behind the part where the verse is written.

   ۔8The one who does not have Wudu or who must perform Ghusl cannot touch any part of a paper which only has a verse written upon it and nothing else; whether it is the front, back, corner, etc.