What are the things that menstruation prevents
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Question:
We begin, Honorable Shaykh. What are the things that menstruation prevents?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. As for what follows, menstruation is a natural blood that Allah created in the woman, which comes out from the bottom of the womb for the purpose of nourishing the fetus in her mother's belly. If the woman is not pregnant, this blood comes out at specific times called the monthly periods or the custom, the custom of menstruation. And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:222] So, first among the things that menstruation prevents is intercourse. It is not permissible for a man, for a husband, to have intercourse with his wife in her private parts while she is menstruating. Yes, because of this noble verse: "So keep away from women while they are menstruating."
And among the things that menstruation prevents is also prayer. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "Leave off prayer for the duration of your periods." So the menstruating woman leaves off prayer during the days of menstruation. It is not obligatory for her during this period, and it is not valid from her even if she prays.
Third, among the things that menstruation prevents is fasting. The menstruating woman does not fast as long as she is in the period of menstruation, and she has to make up the days from other days. This is based on the sound Sunnah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): as a concession for her. When Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked, "Why do we make up fasting but not prayer?" she said (may Allah be pleased with her): "We used to menstruate in the time of the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we were ordered to make up fasting but not ordered to make up prayer."
And among the things that menstruation prevents is tawaf (circumambulation) of the Old House. The saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to the pilgrim:Sahih al-Bukhari 305. And when Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) menstruated, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He said: "Then depart, if you wish."
And among the things that menstruation prevents is also divorce. It is not permissible for a man to divorce his wife while she is menstruating. This is based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Talaq 65:1] meaning: [divorce them] when they are pure, without sexual intercourse. And when Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) divorced his wife while she was menstruating, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to take her back.
And among the things that menstruation prevents is also reciting the Qur'an, even from memory, according to a group of scholars. As for touching the mushaf (written copy of the Qur'an), this is haram (forbidden) for anyone in a state of ritual impurity, whether minor or major ritual impurity. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):Muwatta Malik 15:1
We begin, Honorable Shaykh. What are the things that menstruation prevents?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. As for what follows, menstruation is a natural blood that Allah created in the woman, which comes out from the bottom of the womb for the purpose of nourishing the fetus in her mother's belly. If the woman is not pregnant, this blood comes out at specific times called the monthly periods or the custom, the custom of menstruation. And Allah the Exalted said:
And they ask you about menstruation. Say, "It is harm, so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where Allah has ordained for you.
وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَطْهُرْنَ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُAnd among the things that menstruation prevents is also prayer. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "Leave off prayer for the duration of your periods." So the menstruating woman leaves off prayer during the days of menstruation. It is not obligatory for her during this period, and it is not valid from her even if she prays.
Third, among the things that menstruation prevents is fasting. The menstruating woman does not fast as long as she is in the period of menstruation, and she has to make up the days from other days. This is based on the sound Sunnah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
And the menstruating woman makes up fasting but does not make up prayer.
وتقضي الحائض الصيام ولا تقضي الصلاةAnd among the things that menstruation prevents is tawaf (circumambulation) of the Old House. The saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to the pilgrim:
So do what all the pilgrims do except that you do not perform the Tawaf round the Ka`ba till you are clean.
افعلي ما يفعل الحاج غير أن لا تطوفي بالبيت حتى تطهري(peace and blessings be upon him) "Are we staying with you?" meaning: for the sake of the tawaf of departure. They said: "O Messenger of Allah, she has already performed the tawaf of departure."
صلى الله عليه وسلم أحابستنا هي؟ يعني من أجل طواف الإفاضة. قالوا يا رسول الله إنها قد أفاضت.And among the things that menstruation prevents is also divorce. It is not permissible for a man to divorce his wife while she is menstruating. This is based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period
إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّAnd among the things that menstruation prevents is also reciting the Qur'an, even from memory, according to a group of scholars. As for touching the mushaf (written copy of the Qur'an), this is haram (forbidden) for anyone in a state of ritual impurity, whether minor or major ritual impurity. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
no-one should touch the Qur'an unless he was pure
لا يمس القرآن إلا طاهر.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 9 من 27|أحكام المرأة في الصيام|الحيض وأثره في العبادات|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:17)
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