A menstruating woman owes no prayer, neither performing it in its time nor making it up
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good as well. Our sister is asking about the ruling on the days she does not pray because of an excuse. Does she have to make them up, or what does she do? May Allah reward you with good. The days she does not pray because of an excuse
Answer:
Yes, yes, the excuse of menstruation. Yes, yes. A menstruating woman owes no prayer. A menstruating woman owes no prayer, neither performing it in its time nor making it up. Allah has made it easy for her. When Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked, “What is the matter that a menstruating woman makes up fasting but does not make up prayer?” she said, “We used to menstruate during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we were ordered to make up fasting, but we were not ordered to make up prayer.”
The wisdom behind this, and Allah knows best, is making it easy. This is because prayer is repeated five times a day and night. If a menstruating woman were ordered to make it up, she would be put in a difficult position because of its frequency, the many prayers that pass during the period of menstruation. So Allah made it easy for her. Fasting, on the other hand, is not repeated; it is only one month in the year. Therefore, she was ordered to make up fasting, as there is no hardship in making it up. And Allah knows best.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good as well. Our sister is asking about the ruling on the days she does not pray because of an excuse. Does she have to make them up, or what does she do? May Allah reward you with good. The days she does not pray because of an excuse
Answer:
Yes, yes, the excuse of menstruation. Yes, yes. A menstruating woman owes no prayer. A menstruating woman owes no prayer, neither performing it in its time nor making it up. Allah has made it easy for her. When Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked, “What is the matter that a menstruating woman makes up fasting but does not make up prayer?” she said, “We used to menstruate during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we were ordered to make up fasting, but we were not ordered to make up prayer.”
The wisdom behind this, and Allah knows best, is making it easy. This is because prayer is repeated five times a day and night. If a menstruating woman were ordered to make it up, she would be put in a difficult position because of its frequency, the many prayers that pass during the period of menstruation. So Allah made it easy for her. Fasting, on the other hand, is not repeated; it is only one month in the year. Therefore, she was ordered to make up fasting, as there is no hardship in making it up. And Allah knows best.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4410- الحائض ليس عليها صلاة لا أداءً ولا قضاءً - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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