The Ruling on a Menstruating Woman Sitting in the Rows of the Mosque

Question:
This questioner says: Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to sit on the internal steps of the mosque to witness good, worship, and knowledge? We hope you will clarify this for us?

Answer:
It is not permissible for a menstruating woman to enter the mosque from any of its walls or doors; she must remain outside the mosque, because a menstruating woman and a woman in a state of major ritual impurity do not stay in the mosque. There is no harm in her remaining outside the mosque and listening. Today, praise be to Allah, the loudspeakers convey to her whatever she wants of recitation and listening to the remembrance of Allah while she is outside the mosque. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the young girls and menstruating women to be brought out to attend the Eid prayer, he said: This means she is to be outside the Eid prayer area, but she attends to listen to the remembrance of Allah and benefit from it. Yes.