The Spread of Backbiting Among the Youth and the Shaykhs

Question : Peace be upon you. Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to sit on the roof of the mosque in order to benefit?

Answer : It is not permissible for a menstruating woman to remain in the mosque, neither on its roof nor inside it, as long as she is menstruating, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when it was reported to him that Safiyyah had become confused in the hadith of If it had been permissible for a menstruating woman to remain in the mosque, he would not have confined her; she would have circled the Ka'bah while menstruating and walked. As for a menstruating woman passing through the mosque without sitting, there is nothing wrong with that.