Women menses deprived of ramadan.
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:
asalamualaikum,
it is said that in the month of Ramzan the sawab we get for our prayers and
other ibadats are multiplied , as it is the glorious month of Ramazan.the
laila-tul-qadr is also a blessing that is a sort of gift from Allah to his
people,aslo falls in this glorious month.A woman who has her periods in this
month cannot fast,so is she deprived of the benifits that the month
offers.Because she can only make up for the missed days after the holy
month,and offcourse cant offer prayers during her periods.Will she have equal
sawab when she fasts later.Also that if her periods occur during laila-tul-qadr
then won't she be deprived of all the benifits of the glorious night.So isnt it
that women have less opportunities than men to earn sawab in the month of
ramazan?
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Answer:
Women menses
deprived of ramadan
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.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1965 Narrated by Salman al-Farisi
Allah's Messenger (saws) said in a sermon
which he delivered to them on the last day of Sha'ban: "A great month
(Ramadan), a blessed month, a month containing a night which is better than a
thousand months has approached you people. Allah has appointed the observance
of fasting during it as an obligatory duty, and the passing of its night in
prayer as a voluntary practice. If someone draws near to Allah during it with
some good act he will be like one who fulfils an obligatory duty in
another month, and he who fulfils an obligatory duty in it will be like one who
fulfils seventy obligatory duties in another month. It is the month of
endurance, and the reward of endurance is
Your
Question: So isnt it that women have less opportunities than men to earn sawab
in the month of ramazan?
It is not as if the woman experiencing her menstruation
during Ramadan is allowed to waste her precious time by watching movies, or
listening to songs, or engaging in vain deeds, etc….but other than praying and
fasting, she is permitted to do ‘dhikr’, remember, praise, glorify, and extol
her Lord Most High, make supplications, recite the Glorious Quran from her
memory, and strive her utmost in seeking forgiveness and doing good deeds.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 9 Surah
Taubah verse 91:
91 There is no blame on those who are infirm or ill or who find no
resources to spend (in the Cause of Allah) if they are sincere (in their duty)
to Allah and His Messenger: no ground (of complaint) can there be against such
as do right: and Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
Abu Musa al-Ashari (r.a.) reported that the
Prophet (saws) said, "If a slave (of Allah) is sick or travels, he will
get a reward for those acts similar to what he would get if he was healthy or
at his place of residence."
If a woman who sincerely fears Allah and strives her
utmost to worship her Lord were to miss some of her acts of worship in the
blessed month of Ramadan only because of her natural state of
menstruation….then in light of the above quoted narrations, it would be safe to
assume that there would be absolutely no blame on the woman, nor any diminish
in her rewards. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
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