Does the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) statement to A’ishah, “Do what the pilgrim does,” include reciting the Qur’an for a menstruating woman?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), is there evidence for the one who says that a menstruating woman may recite the Qur’an?
Answer:
What are the rites? Reciting the Qur'an is not among the rites. The Messenger said, "No,"Muwatta Malik 20:236 meaning that among the rites are entering the state of ihram, standing at 'Arafah, staying overnight at Muzdalifah, staying overnight at Mina, and stoning the pillars. These are the rites of Hajj, and reciting the Qur'an is not among the rites. This is a distant argument. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
(peace and blessings be upon him) to A’ishah: “Do what the pilgrim does, except that you do not circumambulate the House,”
الله عليه وسلم لعائشة افعلي ما يفعل الحاج غير ألا تطوفي بالبيت،Answer:
What are the rites? Reciting the Qur'an is not among the rites. The Messenger said, "No,"
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his father that A'isha said, "I came to Makka at the time of my period so I did not do tawaf of the House or go between Safa and Marwa. I complained to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said, 'Do what the people doing hajj do except do not do tawaf of the House and go between Safa and Marwa until you are pure.' " Malik said, concerning a woman who entered ihram for umra at the time of hajj, and she arrived in Makka during her period and so could not do tawaf of the House, "When she fears that the time (for hajj) is getting close, she gets into ihram for the hajj and sacrifices an animal. She is like someone who combines the hajj and the umra. One tawaf is enough for her. If a women starts her period after she has already done tawaf of the House and prayed, she does say between Safa and Marwa and stops at Arafa and Muzdalifa and stones the jamras but she does not do the tawaf al-ifada until she is pure and has finished her menses."
افعلي ما يفعل الحاج
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/973] هل قول النبي ﷺ لعائشة (افعلي ما يفعل الحاج) يشمل قراءة القرآن للحائض؟ -الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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