Ruling on a menstruating woman sitting in the school prayer hall
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Question:
After this, she has another question in which she says: I am a student in a school, and there is a mosque in the school where prayers are performed and lectures and lessons are delivered. Is it permissible for me to sit there to listen and benefit while I am excused, or is it not permissible?
Answer:
If this mosque is an ordinary prayer hall, there is no harm; a menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, and a person in a state of major ritual impurity may sit in it, and there is no harm. However, if it is a prayer hall for the five daily prayers, a mosque built for the five daily prayers where the cycle of the five daily prayers takes place, a mosque; in this case, a menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, and a person in a state of major ritual impurity may not sit in it.
As for the ordinary prayer hall, a room where they pray, or a hall where they pray; this does not have the ruling of mosques. There is no harm in a menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, or a person in a state of major ritual impurity sitting in it, and there is no greeting of the mosque in it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. So, the prayer hall in the girls' school, is it called a prayer hall or a mosque, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh: It is called a prayer hall, unless it is prepared for the five daily prayers, a mosque where the five daily prayers are performed, built and endowed as a mosque, where prayers are performed, or for the midday prayer only, a mosque; this has the ruling of mosques. But if it is an ordinary prayer hall, one of the rooms or one of the halls, this is called a prayer hall.
The presenter: It is well known that girls' schools do not remain open twenty-four hours; therefore, it is a prayer hall.
The Shaykh: A prayer hall, it is known that it is a prayer hall, one of the rooms or one of the halls where they pray, it does not have the ruling of mosques. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, and may Allah reward you with good.
After this, she has another question in which she says: I am a student in a school, and there is a mosque in the school where prayers are performed and lectures and lessons are delivered. Is it permissible for me to sit there to listen and benefit while I am excused, or is it not permissible?
Answer:
If this mosque is an ordinary prayer hall, there is no harm; a menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, and a person in a state of major ritual impurity may sit in it, and there is no harm. However, if it is a prayer hall for the five daily prayers, a mosque built for the five daily prayers where the cycle of the five daily prayers takes place, a mosque; in this case, a menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, and a person in a state of major ritual impurity may not sit in it.
As for the ordinary prayer hall, a room where they pray, or a hall where they pray; this does not have the ruling of mosques. There is no harm in a menstruating woman, a woman with post-natal bleeding, or a person in a state of major ritual impurity sitting in it, and there is no greeting of the mosque in it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. So, the prayer hall in the girls' school, is it called a prayer hall or a mosque, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh: It is called a prayer hall, unless it is prepared for the five daily prayers, a mosque where the five daily prayers are performed, built and endowed as a mosque, where prayers are performed, or for the midday prayer only, a mosque; this has the ruling of mosques. But if it is an ordinary prayer hall, one of the rooms or one of the halls, this is called a prayer hall.
The presenter: It is well known that girls' schools do not remain open twenty-four hours; therefore, it is a prayer hall.
The Shaykh: A prayer hall, it is known that it is a prayer hall, one of the rooms or one of the halls where they pray, it does not have the ruling of mosques. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, and may Allah reward you with good.
Source
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