The Menstruating Woman Reading the Qur'an for Teaching and Examination

Question:
The female students who are experiencing their monthly period: if their teacher orders them to read the Qur'an, do they read it?

Answer:
This is a matter that has been the subject of extensive research, concerning female students and teachers. Do they read the Qur'an for the purpose of teaching and examination? Especially the student who would fail her exam and be held back if she does not read the Qur'an, and the teacher, whose curriculum or schedule includes the Qur'an, who then experiences menstruation. The majority of scholars hold that she does not read the Qur'an as long as she is menstruating. Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if she fears forgetting the Qur'an, she reads it in order to preserve it. Some later scholars, such as Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), do not hold at all that menstruation prevents reading the Qur'an. They say this applies specifically to major ritual impurity, whereas menstruation does not prevent reading the Qur'an in the first place, because they say there is no explicit evidence prohibiting it. Allah knows best.