What is the ruling on a menstruating woman reading the Qur'an if she did not read during her period due to laziness?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on a menstruating woman reading the Qur'an if she did not read during her period due to laziness?
The Shaykh : There are two opinions regarding a menstruating woman reading the Qur'an:
The first opinion is that it is not permissible, whether for the worship of recitation, for the daily recitations, for teaching, or for learning. This is the well-known view in the Hanbali school, may Allah have mercy on them.
The second opinion is that it is permissible in all cases, whether she reads the Qur'an for worship, for the daily recitations, for learning, or for teaching, because there is no authentic, explicit hadith in the Sunnah that forbids her from doing so.
I see the middle opinion in this matter to be that it should be said: if she reads it as an act of worship through recitation, she should not read it, because if she reads it in that case, she falls into doubtful matters due to the disagreement among scholars.
As for if it is for a need, such as fearing to forget it, or reading the daily recitations like the Verse of the Throne, the last two verses of Surat al-Baqarah, Surat al-Ikhlas, Surat al-Falaq, and Surat al-Nas, then there is nothing wrong with it. Likewise, if she is teaching, there is nothing wrong with her reading the Qur'an, whether she is learning in school or teaching her daughters or sons. Likewise, if she is learning, there is nothing wrong with it, because this is a pressing need during the period of menstruation.
As for recitation as an act of worship, she has the days of purity in which she worships Allah the Exalted by reading the Qur'an. So, if there is a need, she reads, and if there is no need, she does not read.
The Shaykh : There are two opinions regarding a menstruating woman reading the Qur'an:
The first opinion is that it is not permissible, whether for the worship of recitation, for the daily recitations, for teaching, or for learning. This is the well-known view in the Hanbali school, may Allah have mercy on them.
The second opinion is that it is permissible in all cases, whether she reads the Qur'an for worship, for the daily recitations, for learning, or for teaching, because there is no authentic, explicit hadith in the Sunnah that forbids her from doing so.
I see the middle opinion in this matter to be that it should be said: if she reads it as an act of worship through recitation, she should not read it, because if she reads it in that case, she falls into doubtful matters due to the disagreement among scholars.
As for if it is for a need, such as fearing to forget it, or reading the daily recitations like the Verse of the Throne, the last two verses of Surat al-Baqarah, Surat al-Ikhlas, Surat al-Falaq, and Surat al-Nas, then there is nothing wrong with it. Likewise, if she is teaching, there is nothing wrong with her reading the Qur'an, whether she is learning in school or teaching her daughters or sons. Likewise, if she is learning, there is nothing wrong with it, because this is a pressing need during the period of menstruation.
As for recitation as an act of worship, she has the days of purity in which she worships Allah the Exalted by reading the Qur'an. So, if there is a need, she reads, and if there is no need, she does not read.