Is it permissible for a woman with irregular bleeding to pray and perform i'tikaf (spiritual retreat) in the mosque?

The questioner : Now, she is praying in the mosque while she is a woman with irregular bleeding, and the blood is beneath her, meaning she is in i'tikaf, and there is ritual impurity, the presence of ritual impurity in the mosque.

The Shaykh : It appears that his statement that she is praying does not mean that the basin is beneath her, because she cannot pray while it is beneath her, but the meaning is that this did not prevent her from praying.

The presenter : May Allah bless you.

The questioner : This is the assumption of a woman with irregular bleeding. What is it, O Shaykh, in the hadith of 'Aishah when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prevented food in the house? They said it was torture because she contaminates the house with the blood. This is the assumption, O Shaykh, of a woman with irregular bleeding. Why do we not prevent her or permit her to leave?

The Shaykh : Yes, because menstruation is more severe than irregular bleeding. For this reason, it obligates the full ritual bath, whereas irregular bleeding does not. It forbids sexual intercourse, whereas irregular bleeding does not. It suspends the ritual prayer, whereas irregular bleeding does not. So it differs from irregular bleeding greatly.