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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The phrase regarding the menstruating woman making up fasting and prayer in some copies of Zad al-Mustaqn

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The questioner:
In some copies of the text of al-Zad, the phrase is "and the menstruating woman makes up fasting and prayer." Is that

The Shaykh:
No, not prayer. This is a mistake, an error. The menstruating woman makes up fasting, not prayer. It is certainly a typographical error.

The presenter:
Yes.

The Shaykh:
And between the pain of missing the prayer except for the pillars. The people of the Sunnah responded to them in this matter, and the first to respond to them was 'A'ishah. When the woman asked her, she said, "Are you a Kharijah?" meaning, are you one of the Khawarij?
We used to menstruate in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we were commanded to make upكنا نحيض على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فنؤمر بقضاء
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 13:219
fasting
but were not ordered to complete the prayersولا نؤمر بقضاء الصلاة
Sahih Muslim 335c
. The matter is based on textual evidence, so there is no room for opinion in this.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/18 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:19:58)

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