hadith book logo

Malik Muwatta: Hadith 477

15. 'The Qur''an'

موطأ مالك

477
Malik Muwatta
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ، ‏.‏ أَنَّ فِي الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي، كَتَبَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِعَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ ‏‏ أَنْ لاَ يَمَسَّ الْقُرْآنَ إِلاَّ طَاهِرٌ ‏"‏ ‏‏
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm that in a letter that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent to Amr ibn Hazm it said that no-one should touch the Qur'an unless he was pure.
Reference: USC-MSA web (English) : Book 15, Hadith 1
Arabic : Book 15, Hadith 473