Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 465

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ: أَنَّ فِي الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم لعَمْرو بن حزم: «أَن لَا يَمَسَّ الْقُرْآنَ إِلَّا طَاهِرٌ» . رَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ وَالدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ

Translation

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Bakr ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥazm said that the letter the Messenger of Allah wrote to ʿAmr ibn Ḥazm contained these words: ‘None may touch the Qurʾān except one who is pure.’ Mālik and al-Dāraquṭnī transmitted it.