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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Ruling on a menstruating woman reading and touching the Qur'an

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This message reached us from the sender (H. M. N) from al-Rabiyah. She asks about a menstruating woman touching the Qur'an. She says: I am a student, and in the Qur'an class, if I am not in a state of ritual purity, I do not read it or touch it. However, in the classes on tafsir (exegesis), fiqh (jurisprudence), tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and other lessons where Qur'anic verses are frequent, I do read, write, and answer questions. Is that permissible for me? And if it is not permissible, what should I do if I stop studying every month, especially during exam days?
Answer: The correct opinion among the scholars is that there is no harm in that. It is not harmful for a menstruating woman to read, and the same applies to a woman with post-natal bleeding. As for the one in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah), it is not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not prevented from the Qur'an by anything except major ritual impurity. It is not established from him that he prohibited a menstruating woman from reading the Qur'an. The difference between them is that the period of menstruation is long, and so is post-natal bleeding. As for the one in a state of major ritual impurity, his period does not last long; he can, once he has relieved himself, take a full ritual bath and read and pray. As for the menstruating woman, she has a period during which she cannot take a full ritual bath until the cycle ends, the blood stops, and she sees purity. So she needs to read. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the menstruating woman in Hajj
Do what the pilgrim does, except that you do not circumambulate the House until you purify yourself.افعلي ما يفعل الحاج غير ألا تطوفي بالبيت حتى تطهري
He did not prohibit her from anything except circumambulation; he said, "Do not circumambulate until you become pure," and he did not say to her, "Do not read." This indicates that there is no harm in her reading the Qur'an, and no harm in reading books of tafsir and the verses in books of tafsir, and likewise the verses in other books, such as books of fiqh and books of hadith. There is no harm in that.
But she must not touch the mushaf (written copy of the Qur'an). As for the mushaf, she must not touch it until she becomes pure. If she needs to, she should do so through a barrier, or someone else should touch it for her so that she can review the verses that are difficult for her. As for reading it from memory, there is no harm in that according to the correct opinion of the scholars, as mentioned earlier. Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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