Purity: Must a Blind Person Have Wudūʾ to Read the Qur’an in Braille?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Must a Blind Person Have Wudūʾ to Read the Qur’an in Braille?

English:

Question #150

Blind people use a script called Braille for reading and writing on which they pass their fingers. Is it necessary for the blind to be in state of wuḍū’, while learning the Noble Qur’an written in Braille?

Answer #150

If the protruding dots are signs for the original letters, the ruling of the letters is not applicable to them. But, if, according to the view of informed people, they are considered as script, it is necessary to observe caution in touching them.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, The Rules for Touching the Names of Allah, the Glorious, and the Verses of the Qur’an