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I have just read one of your answers which says that a menstruating woman may not touch the Quran as she is not in the state of purity. I have a CD-ROM called Alim which contains the complete Quran and Hadith. Am I allowed to read the Qur'an on my computer as I am not physically touching the book, and would I be allowed to touch the CD-ROM considering the information that the disc holds? Jazak Allah Khairun
Answer
Praise be to Allah.Wa alaykum al-salaam wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu.
Given that no Quraan appears on the surface of the CD-ROM, the
rulings concerning the Mushaf do not apply to it, as is also the case with Quraan
recorded on audio cassettes. On this basis, there is nothing wrong with you running this
CD-ROM and reading Quraan from the screen. As for ahaadeeth, the menstruating woman
is permitted to touch the books of Hadeeth and to read from them. And Allaah knows best.
Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)