A man without ablution and a menstruating woman touching the mushaf

Mughirah said: "Abu Wa'il used to send his female servant, while she was menstruating, to Abu Razin, and she would bring the mushaf from him, holding it by its cover."

Al-Hasan said: "There is no harm in a man holding the Qur'an by its bag or its cover."

Al-Qasim al-A'raj said: "I saw Sa'id bin Jubayr reading from the mushaf; then he handed it by its cover to a Magian slave of his."

Ata said: "A menstruating woman may hold the mushaf by its cover."

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) saw no harm in a man moving the Qur'an while he is not in a state of purity.

Ghalib Abu al-Hudhayl said: "Abu Razin told me to open the Qur'an without ablution. I asked Ibrahim about it, and he disliked it."

Nafi' said: "Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would not touch the Qur'an without ablution."

Al-Hasan saw no harm in touching the Qur'an without ablution.

Jabir said: "I asked Amir about touching the Qur'an without ablution, and he said: 'There is no harm in it.'"

Muhammad bin Ali, Abd al-Rahman bin al-Aswad, al-Qasim, Salim and Tawus disliked it.