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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to remain in the mosque if she performs wudu?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a menstruating woman performs wudu, is it permissible for her to remain in the mosque, like a person in a state of major ritual impurity?

Answer:
If a menstruating woman performs wudu, and she needs to remain in the mosque, she performs wudu to address the need. However, if she does not need to, she does not enter the mosque; let her stay outside the mosque. But if she needs to—for example, she fears for her safety if she is outside the mosque, or she feels lonely, or the weather is extremely cold, or it is raining and she needs to enter the mosque and cannot avoid it, meaning she is menstruating—then she performs wudu and sits in the mosque to the extent of the need. This is like a person in a state of major ritual impurity as well. A person in a state of major ritual impurity does not enter the mosque, but if he needs to, he performs wudu and sits in the mosque to address the need. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [647 -1024] هل يجوز للحائض اللبث في المسجد إن توضأت؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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