Answered by Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
Can I touch a translation of the Qur’an without having wudu?
Assalamu alaykum
In the name of Allah, the Inspirer of truth.
It is not permissible to touch a translation of the Qur’an even if it does not have the Arabic Qur’anic script in it. However, any book that contains Qur’anic verses in it such as a book on tafsir or fiqh, it would be permissible to touch it as long as the tafsir or fiqh is more than the verses of the Qur’an in it. If the verses of the Qur’an are more, it would not be permissible to touch it except with wudu. [Radd al-Muhtar, 1:119]
However, it is always best to undertake the study of the Din and handle its literature in the state of wudu. There is more blessing derived this way.
And Allah knows best.