Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to read the Qur'an from the mushaf?

Question:
Her third question asks: Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to read the Qur'an from the mushaf?

Answer:
It is not permissible for a menstruating woman to read the Qur'an from the mushaf. In fact, there is disagreement among the scholars regarding her reading the Qur'an even from memory and without the text of the mushaf. The majority prohibit this by analogy to the one in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah), for the one in a state of major ritual impurity does not read the Qur'an based on the explicit text from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding are like him; the majority hold that they do not read the Qur'an from memory. As for touching this mushaf, the four Imams and the majority of the scholars agree that one in a state of ritual impurity, even minor ritual impurity, is not permitted to touch the mushaf. And the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "No one touches the Qur'an except one in a state of purity."