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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a woman performing tawaf while menstruating

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a woman to perform tawaf while she is menstruating in order to catch up with the group?

Answer:
No, it is not permissible for her to perform tawaf while she is menstruating. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
but do not perform Tawaf of the Ka`ba till you get clean (from your menses).غير أن لا تطوفي بالبيت حتى تطهري
Sahih al-Bukhari 1650
. This is an explicit text from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So either she waits with the group until she performs tawaf, or she goes with them. When she becomes pure, her guardian brings her back; her guardian brings her back and she performs tawaf. Yes. As for her performing tawaf while she is menstruating, no. This is an explicit text from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Do not perform tawaf around the House until you become pure." Yes.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الحضانة — islamhouse.com (33:02)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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