Ruling on a menstruating woman reciting dhikr and supplications

Question:
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to read the supplications on the Day of 'Arafah, even though they contain verses from the Qur'an?

Answer:
There is no harm in a menstruating woman or a woman in post-natal bleeding reciting the supplications written in the books of Hajj rites, and there is nothing wrong with her reciting the Qur'an—according to the correct view as well—because no authentic, explicit text has come down forbidding a menstruating woman or a woman in post-natal bleeding from reciting the Qur'an. What has come down is specifically regarding the person in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah), that he should not recite the Qur'an while in that state, based on the hadith of 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).
As for the menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding, a hadith of Ibn 'Umar has come down regarding them: , but it is weak; because the hadith is narrated by Isma'il ibn 'Iyadh from the people of the Hijaz, and he is weak in his narration from them.
However, she may recite from memory without touching the mushaf, whereas the person in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah) is not permitted to recite the Qur'an—neither from memory nor from the mushaf—until he performs the full ritual bath (ghusl).
The difference between them is that the duration of the state of major ritual impurity (janabah) is short, and it is possible for him to perform the full ritual bath (ghusl) immediately after he finishes with his wife, so its duration does not last long, and it is in his hand whenever he wishes to perform the bath. If he is unable to use water, he performs dry ablution (tayammum), prays, and recites.
As for the menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding, it is not in their hands, but rather it is in the hands of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), so whenever she becomes pure from her menstruation or post-natal bleeding, she performs the full ritual bath (ghusl). Menstruation requires days, and post-natal bleeding is likewise; for this reason, reciting the Qur'an was permitted for them so that they do not forget it, and so that they do not miss the virtue of recitation and learning the rulings of the Shari'ah from the Book of Allah. It is even more so that they should read books containing supplications mixed with hadiths and verses, and so on.
This is the correct view, and it is the most correct of the opinions of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) in this matter.