There is no objection to a menstruating woman reading supplications

Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Our sister says: When I am in my monthly period, I take the book of *al-Ma'thurāt* and read the supplications and daily recitations from it. In that book, there are some verses from the Qur'an. Is this permissible?

Answer:
There is no objection to reading supplications. As for the verses, you should avoid reading them as long as you are menstruating, unless you read them in the manner of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), not in the manner of recitation. If you read them as dhikr and du'a' (supplication), there is no objection. However, if you read them as recitation, this is not permissible for a menstruating woman. By the way, if you chose a book better and more authentic than *al-Ma'thurāt*, such as *al-Wabil al-Sayyib* by Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, *al-Kalimah al-Tayyibah* by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, or *al-Adhkar* by Imam al-Nawawi, these are more authentic and better. Yes.