موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب القرآنBook: On the Explanation of the Quran
بَابُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْوُضُوءِ لِمَنْ مَسَّ الْقُرْآنَ
Chapter on the command to perform ablution for one who touches the Qur'an
Hadith 469
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ ، أَنَّ فِي الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ ، أَنْ " لَا يَمَسَّ الْقُرْآنَ إِلَّا طَاهِرٌ "
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Bakr bin Hazm that in the letter which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wrote for Sayyiduna Amr bin Hazm, it was also stated: "No one should touch the Qur'an except one who is in a state of ablution."
Hadith 469B1
قَالَ مَالِك : وَلَا يَحْمِلُ أَحَدٌ الْمُصْحَفَ بِعِلَاقَتِهِ وَلَا عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ طَاهِرٌ ، وَلَوْ جَازَ ذَلِكَ لَحُمِلَ فِي خَبِيئَتِهِ ، وَلَمْ يُكْرَهْ ذَلِكَ إِلا أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي يَدَيِ الَّذِي يَحْمِلُهُ شَيْءٌ يُدَنِّسُ بِهِ الْمُصْحَفَ ، وَلَكِنْ إِنَّمَا كُرِهَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَحْمِلُهُ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ طَاهِرٍ ، إِكْرَامًا لِلْقُرْآنِ وَتَعْظِيمًا لَهُ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that no person should pick up the Book of Allah by holding its strap or by placing it on a cushion except in a state of ablution. If it were permissible to pick it up without ablution by holding its strap or placing it on a cushion, then it would also be permissible to touch the cover without ablution. And touching the Book of Allah without ablution is disliked because it is against its greatness and dignity, not because there is any impurity on the hand of the one picking it up that might get onto the Mushaf.
Hadith 469B2
قَالَ مَالِك : أَحْسَنُ مَا سَمِعْتُ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ : لا يَمَسُّهُ إِلا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ سورة الواقعة آية 79 إِنَّمَا هِيَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ الَّتِي فِي : عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى ، قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى : كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ { 11 } فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ { 12 } فِي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ { 13 } مَرْفُوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ { 14 } بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ { 15 } كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ سورة عبس آية 11-16
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that the best verse in this chapter is: «﴿لَا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ﴾ [الواقعة: 79]» "None touch it except the purified." And this verse is close to the verse which is in «﴿عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى﴾» that «﴿كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ. فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ. فِي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ. مَرْفُوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ. بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ. كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ﴾ [عبس: 12]» meaning "The Word of Allah is an admonition; whoever wills may accept it, in honored scrolls, exalted and purified, in the hands of noble, virtuous messengers."
