It is in Quran, verse 6, Surat Al-Maaida (chapter 5). Quran says:
أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُوا ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ الْغَائِطِ أَوْ لَامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّـهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَـٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٦﴾
Meaning English translation:
{Believers, when you are about to pray, wash your face and your hands along with the elbows and wipe your head and your feet to the ankles. If you experience a seminal discharge, manage to take (the required) bath. If you are sick, or on a journey, or have just defecated, or have had intercourse with women and cannot find any water, perform a tayammum by: touching clean natural earth with both palms and wiping (the upper part) of your face and (the back of) your hands. God does not want you to suffer hardship. He wants you to be purified. He wants to complete His favors to you so that perhaps you would give Him thanks. (6)} [Quran, chapter 5, verse 6]
You should be on valid ablution when handling Quran. Woman is forbidden from handling Quran during menstruation (period).
its done for ritual purification...
it is important to read the quran in a clean and quiet place, IT IS ALSO ENCOURAGING TO PERFORM ABLUTION BEFORE READING THE QURAN FOR MORE REWARD, YOU SHOULD ALSO READ THE QURAN WITH CARE AND CONCENTRATE WHEN READING IT.
Muslims do ablution and recite with the name of Almighty Allah (if woman then she covers her head as well to respect) and listen to Quran recitation with out cross conversation.
Muslims can read the Quran anytime, with a few exceptions.
You must be on valid ablution (Wudu) or Ghosl (if necessary). Otherwise, perform it before touching the Quran and reciting it. Women should not touch the Quran and recite it while during their menstruation (monthly period).
AnswerNo, It is not required, by religion, to cover one's head when reading the Quran.However, he should not be in a state of Janaba (ie after a sexual discarge) otherwise he should bathe his whole body before start reading (or reciting) the Quran. He also should be in a state of valid ablution (Wudu) or to make ablution before start reading (or reciting) the Quran.
Generally, ablution is a washing or cleansing of the body or a part thereof, especially in religious rituals.In Islam, there are requirements for either minor ablution (Wudu) or major Ablution (Ghosl) to be performed before praying.see related links below for more information.
Updated AnswerIt is not compulsory to complete Quran recitation once a year. However, recitation of Quran is a sort of worship and one is rewarded by each alphabet letter that he recites. Muslims are encouraged to recite what is possible of Quran every day and/or to listen to its recitation. As a minimum, Muslims complete a full Quran recitation at least once in Ramadan, by reciting daily one part of the Quran 30 parts over the average 30 days of Ramadan. Reciting one part of the Quran takes around 1/2 an hour. AnswerNo. However, practicing Muslims are assumed to finish the whole Quran in month of Ramadan as it is assumed to read one part of the Quran thirty parts, per day for thirty days.
One has to be clean and to be with wudhu (ablution) For a girl, in the stage of going through periods, she shouldn't hold the Quran unless she's teaching, or she's being taught.
Yes, it is usual for Muslims to have Quran at their homes because the majority of Muslims are used to frequently recite Quran; in particular in the month of Ramadan.
Assuming you are talking about bathroom taps or washroom taps, they are used for ablution (wudhu) which is necessary before praying to Allah in Namaz, or to even touch the Holy Quran.