Ruling on a menstruating woman entering the school prayer hall to attend lectures

Question:
Our sister is also asking and says: My sister has another question. She is a high school student, and the school has graciously provided a prayer hall for the female students where seminars and lectures are held from time to time. The teacher asks everyone to enter to listen to these seminars. Is it permissible for a woman who is in a state of ritual impurity to enter this place?

Answer:
Yes, this is not a mosque; it is a prayer hall, not a mosque. Therefore, there is no harm in a menstruating woman or a woman with post-natal bleeding entering this place. There is no blame on her for doing so. This is because a prayer hall is not called a mosque, as a prayer hall is temporary, a temporary place of worship. Mosques are those that are built for worship and dedicated for the five daily prayers. In those, a menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, and a person in a state of major ritual impurity are not permitted to sit. As for the prayer halls in offices, they do not have the ruling of mosques. Likewise, the prayer hall in the school, which is not a mosque but a room where they pray, or a place where they pray, does not have the ruling of a mosque. Yes.

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