Friday, May 3, 2013

Question: Can you recite any suras from the Qur'an when you are menstruating?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
From a previous answer:
Rules concerning post-natal bleeding (nifas) and haid:
1. The woman who is in haid or post-natal bleeding (nifas) and bathing
is wajib on her, then it is not permissible for her to enter a mosque,
to make tawaaf of the Ka'bah, to read the Quran or to touch it.
However, if the Quran is in a casing, or wrapped in a cloth, or
covered with a cloth jacket whichis not stitched to the Quran and
which can be removed; then in such a case, the Quran could be touched
and could also be carried.
2. The person who does not have wudu, even he cannot touch the Quran.
However, he could recite it out of memory.
3. Touching a coin, saucer, amulet (ta'wiz), etc. on which some
Quranic verse is written is also not permissible for the above
mentionedpersons. However, if these things are kept in apacket or
container, it is permissible to carry that packet or container.
4. It is not permissible to hold or carry the Quran with the sleeve of
the kurta or the edge of a scarf. However, if it is a cloth that is
not attachedto the body, it will be permissible to carry it with that
cloth.
5. It is permissible to read a word from a verse(ayat) or half a
verse. However, that half verse should not equal any full verse in
length.
6. If the entire Surah Fatihah is recited with the intention of dua,
or if any other duas in the Quran are recited with the intention of
dua and not with the intention oftilaawat (recitation); then it will
be permissible and there is no sin in this. For example, the dua:
"Rabbana aatina fid dunya hasanataw wa fil aakhirati hasanataw wa
qinaa adhaaban naar."
and the dua:
" "Rabbana la tu'aakhidhna in naseena aw akhta'naa... till the end
which is towards theend of Surah Baqarah or any other dua which is
inthe Quran. It will be permissible to read all such verses with the
intention of dua.
7. It is also permissible toread Dua-e-Qunoot. (the dua which is read
in Witrprayer).
8. If a woman is teachingthe Quran to girls, then in such a case it
will be permissible for her to spell out the words. When she is
teaching them to read with fluency, she should not recite the entire
verse, but should read one or two words at a time and after every word
or two, she should break her breath. She should teach them to read
fluently by stopping regularly.
9. It is permissible to read the kalimah, durood, to take the name of
Allah, to read istighfaar (repentance), or any other remembrance
(dhikr) such as:
"La hawla wa la quwwata illa billahi al-aliyyil azeem."
10. In the period of haid, it is mustahab for a woman to make wudu
atthe time of prayer, to sit in a clean place and take the name of
Allah Ta'ala so that she does not forget the habit of offering her
prayer, and when she gets pure she is not reluctant to offer her
prayer.

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