We said that analogizing the state of major ritual impurity to menstruation is subject to consideration; what is that?
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The questioner : We said that analogizing the state of major ritual impurity to menstruation is subject to consideration; if we were to clarify this consideration?
The Shaykh : The consideration is that the menstruating woman is excused by her menstruation and it is not possible for her to get rid of it, whereas the one in a state of major ritual impurity can get rid of it by performing the full ritual bath. For this reason, the people of the Sunnah narrated that the angels do not enter a house in which there is a person in a state of major ritual impurity, and this was not reported regarding a menstruating woman. Also, according to the majority of scholars, the one in a state of major ritual impurity is not fit to recite the Qur'an, unlike the menstruating woman. This is the aspect of the consideration.
The Shaykh : The consideration is that the menstruating woman is excused by her menstruation and it is not possible for her to get rid of it, whereas the one in a state of major ritual impurity can get rid of it by performing the full ritual bath. For this reason, the people of the Sunnah narrated that the angels do not enter a house in which there is a person in a state of major ritual impurity, and this was not reported regarding a menstruating woman. Also, according to the majority of scholars, the one in a state of major ritual impurity is not fit to recite the Qur'an, unlike the menstruating woman. This is the aspect of the consideration.