Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.  (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

I am told that one should not say durud sharif (the one in the prayer) during periods. Is that true?

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Answer:

Durood in periods

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

There is absolutely no harm if a believing woman in menses invokes Allah’s Blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (saws) by reciting the ‘durood’, or remembers Allah, or does ‘dhikr’ and Glorifies Allah Subhanah, or even if she recites the Glorious Quran from her memory, without physically touching the Holy Quran itself.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan