is it permissable for a non muslim to read the Quran without the thourough cleansing of self beforehand like a Muslim would?
Praise be to Allaah.
The Holy Qur’aan should not
be touched by anyone except those who are purified. Allaah says (interpretation
of the meaning):
“Verily, the Mushrikoon (polytheists,
pagans, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allaah, and in the
Message of Muhammad) are Najasun (impure)” [al-Tawbah 9:28]
On this basis, the kaafir
should not be permitted to touch the Qur’aan, whether he is a Christian,
a Jew, a Buddhist, a Hindu or anything else. But it is permissible for
him to listen to the Qur’aan on radio or TV, or from tapes, and it is
permissible for him to read the translations of the meanings of the
Qur’aan which are available in different languages.
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