In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate "May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You" Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. ________________________________ Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu Islamic Ruling on Menstruation
Formal Prayer: Women are not allowed to make formal prayers in state of menstruation. Aisha reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Stop formal prayer when your menses begins. When it is finished, wash off the blood from your body and return to formal prayer. " (Sahih Al-Bukhari) Eid Prayers: In the case of Eid prayers, all women are enjoined to participate in the gathering, regardless of their condition. However, only those who are able to make formal prayer should join the Eid prayer. In Muslim countries where the Eid prayer grounds are surrounded by a wall, menstruating women may come inside the enclosure, but sit or stand behind the rows of praying women. Um Ateeyah said: "I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say that the unmarried virgins, mature women and menstruating women should witness the good and the religious gathering of Muslims, but the menstruating women should keep away from the prayer-ground."(Sahih Al-Bukhari) Fasting: Menstruating women are exempted from fasting, regardless of whether they feel themselves weakened by it or not. Allah has not permitted them to fast in His infinite wisdom, which the believers are required to accept unquestioningly. Abu Saeed Al-Khudree quoted the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying, "... a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses" ( Sahih Muslim). However, the menstruating woman must make up the missed days after Ramadan. Aishah said: "When we would have our menses during the lifetime of the Prophet, we were ordered to make up the days of fasting that we had missed but were not ordered to make up the prayers that we had missed."(Sahih Al-Bukhari) Hajj Rites: With regard to the rites of Hajj, menstruating women are allowed to perform all of them, with the exception of the formal prayers and the rite of walking around the Kabah seven times (tawaaf). Aisha said: We set out with the sole intention of performing Hajj and when we reached Sarif (a place six miles outside of Makkah), my menses began. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to me while I was crying and asked, "What is the matter with you? Has your menses started?" I replied, "Yes." He said,"This is something which Allah has destined for the daughters of Adam. So do all the rites that the pilgrims do, except Tawaaf. ( Sahih Al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim). Aisha also related that she told the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) that Safeeyah bint Huyay began menstruating (before Farewell Tawaaf) and he said, "Perhaps she will delay us. Did she make Tawaaf?" We replied, "Yes" He then told her to go ahead." ( Sahih Al-Bukhari) Touching and Reciting The Quran: Most scholars have prohibited menstruating women and people in a state of sexual defilement (janabah) from reciting the Quran or touching it. However some of them are on the opinion that she can recite the Qur'an without touching it except with her hand coverd. Ibrahim an-Nakha'ee said, "There is no harm in menstruating woman reciting a Quranic verse." It was also the opinion of Imam Malik [ Fath Al Baree,vol.1, p. 305] . Again the menstruating woman is allowed to say rememberance of Allah. Um Ateeyah reported that they were instructed to let the menstruating women come out for the Eids and say "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is the Greatest). (Imam Al- Bukhari quoted this anecdote to show that since menstruating women were instructed to speak Allah's names and his attributes, they should also be allowed to read the Quran, in which Allah's names and attributes are also mentioned.) Divorce: It is prohibited to pronounce divorce when a woman is on her menses. Instead, she must be in a period of purity (between menses) in which her husband has not had sexual relations with her. Abdullah Bin Omar reported that he had divorced his wife while she was menstruating and his father had asked the Messenger of Allah about it. He replied, "Instruct your son to take her back and keep her until she is clean. Then he should wait until she menstruates and becomes clean again. If he then wishes to keep her, he may do so without having sex with her. That is the period which Allah prescribed for divorcing women." ( Sahih Al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim) The pronouncement of divorce during menses is still counted as pronouncement. Younis bin Jubayr asked Ibn Omar, "Is the pronouncement of divorce counted if a person divorces his wife while she is in a state of menses?" He replied, " Why not? Was he helpless or foolish? " ( Sahih Al-Bukhari) However, one who does so has committed a sin. When Ibn Omar was asked about a person who divorces his wife while she is menstruating, he replied, "If he pronounced one or two divorces, Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) would command him to take her back, allow her to respite until she enters her second menses, allow her respite until she is purified, then divorce her without having sex with her. If he had pronounced three divorces, he would have disobeyed his Lord's command regarding divorce, but she would be irrevocably separated from him." (Ibid). Menstruating woman touching a CD-ROM containing the Quraan and reading Quraan from it ? Given that no Quraan appears on the surface of the CD-ROM, the rulings concerning the Mushaf do not apply to it, as is also the case with Quraan recorded on audio cassettes. On this basis, there is nothing wrong with you running this CD-ROM and reading Quraan from the screen. As for ahaadeeth, the menstruating woman is permitted to touch the books of Hadeeth and to read from them. http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/4643 And Allaah knows best As-salaam Walekum Adil Khan Bombay Compiled from various sources. Permission is granted to circulate among private individuals and groups, to post on Internet sites and to publish in full text and subject title in not-for-profit publications. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveIslam_LiveIslam/ Join Today and learn more about Islam , Insha'Allah We All LOVE Islam ... But Do We LIVE Islam ???The Prophet (pbuh) said, Convey (my teachings) to the people even if it were a single sentence... 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