Is it permissible for woman to read quran ayats during those 7 day period.
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Answer:
Restrictions in menses
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 222:
They ask about the
monthly periods (of the women). Say (O
Prophet), “It is a state of impurity; so
keep apart from the women during their monthly periods and do not go near them
(sexual intercourse) until they are clean.”
The only things that a believing woman experiencing her
natural menses is prohibited from doing in Shariah are:
- The
actual act of sexual intercourse.
- Offering
‘salaah’.
- Observing
fasts.
- Performing
the ‘tawaaf’ of the Sacred House.
- Entering
a masjid.
- Physically
touching the Glorious Quran.
Other than the above listed six restriction the believing
woman who is experiencing her natural menses may do everything else she would
do when in the state of purity, including reciting the Glorious Quran from
memory, praising and extolling her Lord, doing ‘dhikr’ or remembrance of her
Lord, making supplications, etc.
The absolute majority of the scholars in Islam are of the
opinion that the menstruating women should abstain from physically touching a
copy of the Glorious Quran, but there is absolutely no harm if she wishes to
recite the Verses or Surahs of the Glorious Quran from her memory.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister