Q:

Asalamu alaykum

I had a question

Can you read the quran from a mobile app? Do you need wudu to read from the app and also I have irregular bleeding throughout the month outside my period date if I’m bleeding or spotting can I read the quran from the app?

If you can answer my questions it would be very grateful and appreciated.

Jazak Allah kheir

A:

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu waRahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

You should consider your mobile as a library; when you pick up the Mushaf from the library to read, you should be in a state of wudhu. However, some scholars say that although wudhu is not obligatory but only recommended. Therefore, if you are not able to renew wudhu, you can still read it without wudhu, especially if you fear to forget it or if you are a student rehearsing. Likewise, according to Maliki madhab, a woman may read the Quran from Mushaf, even in a state of menses if she fears to forget. Today scholars from other schools also allow this concession to women who are students or teaches of the Quran or tafsir etc.

Almighty Allah Knows best.