What is the ruling on a menstruating woman entering the mosque to listen to a lecture?

The questioner : Please. Peace be upon you, and upon you be peace. May I join in? The sister is asking us on the line, Shaykh, about the ruling on a menstruating woman entering the mosque to listen to a lecture?

The Shaykh : It is permissible for a menstruating woman to remain in the mosque, not for a lecture, not to listen to the Qur'an, and not for anything else, regarding lectures in the present time. Sitting outside the mosque and listening through the loudspeakers suffices for that, and praise be to Allah. And if she is shy, there are tapes. Lectures are recorded on them; she buys a tape and listens to it.

The questioner : What if there are no loudspeakers outside, Shaykh, because the woman is the one delivering the lecture inside the mosque and her voice does not reach the outside?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Is it not permissible for a menstruating woman to remain in the mosque? She should ask one of her companions to record the lecture, and the objective is achieved.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.