Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to prostrate in the prostration of recitation when a verse containing a prostration is mentioned or heard, and should she leave her work to prostrate?
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The questioner:
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to prostrate in the prostration of recitation when a verse is mentioned, or when she hears a verse containing a prostration? Does she prostrate? And if she is busy, does she leave her work to prostrate? What is the ruling on this prostration for a menstruating woman? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
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, and upon his family and all his Companions. The questioner’s question rests on the disagreement regarding the menstruating woman: is it permissible for her to recite the Qur’an, or is it not permissible for her to do so?
The majority hold that it is not permissible for her to recite the Qur’an while she is menstruating, until she performs the full ritual bath from menstruation. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to refrain from reciting the Qur’an when he was in a state of major ritual impurity, and he prohibited reciting the Qur’an for one in a state of major ritual impurity. Menstruation is like major ritual impurity; it is a major state of ritual impurity, so reciting the Qur’an is prohibited.
Some scholars hold that it is permissible for a menstruating woman to recite the Qur’an. If she comes upon a prostration according to this view, she prostrates. This is because the correct view is that the prostration of recitation does not take on the rulings of prayer. The correct view is that the prostration of recitation does not take on the rulings of prayer; it is not a prayer, so ritual purity is not a condition for it. The prostration follows the recitation; if recitation is permissible, then prostration is permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He reward you. If she is busy, as Shaykh Salih did, how do you advise her? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
How is she busy?
The questioner:
If she is listening to the Qur’an while working in another task, in her kitchen, in her washing, in cleaning her house.
The Shaykh:
Listening to the Qur’an from a recording or from the radio does not require prostration. Rather, the prostration of recitation is prescribed for the reciter and for the listener who is listening to the reciter. So if the reciter prostrates, the listener prostrates.
The questioner:
Okay. Okay.
The Shaykh:
As for if the reciter does not prostrate, the listener does not prostrate because he is only a follower. Yes.
The questioner:
As for from the tape, as for from the record, as for from the radio.
The Shaykh:
This is a matter not included in the issue at all, because there is no reciter in it, only a scholar. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to prostrate in the prostration of recitation when a verse is mentioned, or when she hears a verse containing a prostration? Does she prostrate? And if she is busy, does she leave her work to prostrate? What is the ruling on this prostration for a menstruating woman? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
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, and upon his family and all his Companions. The questioner’s question rests on the disagreement regarding the menstruating woman: is it permissible for her to recite the Qur’an, or is it not permissible for her to do so?
The majority hold that it is not permissible for her to recite the Qur’an while she is menstruating, until she performs the full ritual bath from menstruation. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to refrain from reciting the Qur’an when he was in a state of major ritual impurity, and he prohibited reciting the Qur’an for one in a state of major ritual impurity. Menstruation is like major ritual impurity; it is a major state of ritual impurity, so reciting the Qur’an is prohibited.
Some scholars hold that it is permissible for a menstruating woman to recite the Qur’an. If she comes upon a prostration according to this view, she prostrates. This is because the correct view is that the prostration of recitation does not take on the rulings of prayer. The correct view is that the prostration of recitation does not take on the rulings of prayer; it is not a prayer, so ritual purity is not a condition for it. The prostration follows the recitation; if recitation is permissible, then prostration is permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He reward you. If she is busy, as Shaykh Salih did, how do you advise her? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
How is she busy?
The questioner:
If she is listening to the Qur’an while working in another task, in her kitchen, in her washing, in cleaning her house.
The Shaykh:
Listening to the Qur’an from a recording or from the radio does not require prostration. Rather, the prostration of recitation is prescribed for the reciter and for the listener who is listening to the reciter. So if the reciter prostrates, the listener prostrates.
The questioner:
Okay. Okay.
The Shaykh:
As for if the reciter does not prostrate, the listener does not prostrate because he is only a follower. Yes.
The questioner:
As for from the tape, as for from the record, as for from the radio.
The Shaykh:
This is a matter not included in the issue at all, because there is no reciter in it, only a scholar. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز للحائض السجود سجدة التلاوة عند ذكر آية أو سماع آية فيها سجدة وهل تترك عملها لتسجد؟ الفوزان — youtube.com
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