Reading from the books of tafseer while in the state of impurity

Bismillaah, wal-hamdulilaah, was-salaatu was-salaamu 'alaa rasoolillaah, As Salaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakatuh

Author: Shaykh 'Abdul 'Azeez bin 'Abdullaah bin Baaz (:rahim:)
Source: Al-Fataawa - Page 43

Question: I read some of the books of tafseer like the book Safwat ut-Tafseer while I am in the state of ritual impurity… like my monthly period for example. Is there any harm and sin upon me for doing so?

Answer: There is no harm upon the menstruating and bleeding woman to read the books of tafseer nor is there any harm in reading the Qur’an with the exclusion of touching the actual book in accordance to the most correct statement of the Scholars.

As for the one who is in a state of impurity then there is no reading of the Qur’an absolutely until a full ritual bath (ghusl) has been taken and they are then able to read the books of tafseer and hadeeth and other than these two without reading what is in the Qur’an.

This is what has been established by the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam) that he would not prevent one from reading the Qur’an except for the one who was in the state of ritual impurity and in one narration from him (Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam) he said in a narration related by Imaam Ahmad with a chain of narration that is Hasan:

“As for the one who is in a state of ritual impurity then there is no verse.”