Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to remain in the mosque to seek knowledge?

The questioner : May Allah reward you. A questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman to sit in the mosque while she is menstruating or experiencing post-natal bleeding in order to seek knowledge?

The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a woman to remain in the mosque while she is menstruating. The evidence for this is the hadith of Umm Atiyyah, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the women to go out for the Eid prayer, including young girls and those who stay in their chambers, and even those who did not usually go out; he ordered them to go out. However, she said: meaning the Eid prayer area. This indicates that a menstruating woman is not permitted to remain in the mosque, even for supplication, or even to seek knowledge. Furthermore, in our current time, a menstruating woman can be outside the mosque and listen to the speech through a loudspeaker. Yes, if she is compelled to enter the mosque, there is no harm, such as if a woman is menstruating and her family wants to enter to perform the circumambulation of the Ka'bah and the sa'y. If she remained waiting for them in the sa'y area, she would be lost to them, and she wants to enter with them so that she is not lost. This is a dire necessity, and there is no harm in it. Yes.