What is the ruling on a menstruating woman reading the Qur'an?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, does a menstruating woman read the Qur'an?
The Shaykh : A menstruating woman does not read the Qur'an except out of necessity or benefit. Necessity is, for example, if she fears forgetting it, or if she is a teacher who reads the Qur'an to her female students, or if she is a student who recites to her teacher what she has memorized of the Qur'an; this is a necessity.
So if there is a necessity, there is nothing wrong with it.
Or a woman who fears she will forget the Qur'an, there is nothing wrong with her reading the Qur'an. Other than that, it is better that she not read. Among the benefits and necessities are the regular recitations, meaning, for example, the Verse of the Throne, Surat al-Ikhlas, Surat al-Falaq, and Surat al-Nas; she reads them.
The Shaykh : A menstruating woman does not read the Qur'an except out of necessity or benefit. Necessity is, for example, if she fears forgetting it, or if she is a teacher who reads the Qur'an to her female students, or if she is a student who recites to her teacher what she has memorized of the Qur'an; this is a necessity.
So if there is a necessity, there is nothing wrong with it.
Or a woman who fears she will forget the Qur'an, there is nothing wrong with her reading the Qur'an. Other than that, it is better that she not read. Among the benefits and necessities are the regular recitations, meaning, for example, the Verse of the Throne, Surat al-Ikhlas, Surat al-Falaq, and Surat al-Nas; she reads them.