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Those who held the permissibility of the menstruating woman reciting Qur’ān:
This is narrated from Sa’īd ibn al-Musayyib, and it was held by: Mālik—in the well-known, relied-upon position in his madhhab and Al-Shāfi’ī in the earlier of his two statements, and the Dhāhirīs, and it was narrated as a report from Ahmad, chosen by Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, and it is the position given in fatwas by our verifying scholars [i.e. Permanent Committee in Saudi, Ibn Bāz, Ibn ‘Uthaymīn]. (al-Ikhtiyārāt of Ibn Taymiyyah 2/95-96)
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah said:
“It is permissible for the menstruating woman to recite the Qur’ān…” (al-Fatāwā al-Kubrā 5/314)
And he said in another place:
“…the more apparent of the two scholarly opinions is that (the menstruating woman) is not prevented from reciting the Qur’ān when she needs it…” (al-Majmū’ 26/179)
And he said in another place:
“There is absolutely nothing (from the) Sunnah prohibiting her from [reciting] the Qur’ān…” (al-Majmū’ 26/191)
And he said in another place:
“… regarding the Qur’ān, The Lawgiver (i.e. Allāh) did not forbid her from that.” (al-Majmū’ 21/461)
Ibn Hazm said:
Reciting the Qur’ān, prostrating during (it’s recitation), touching the mushaf, and remembering Allāh The Most-High, are all permissible, whether with ablution or without ablution, and for the person in a state of major ritual impurity and the menstruating woman.
The proof for this is that reciting the Qur’ān, prostrating during it, touching the mushaf, and remembering Allāh The Most-High, are good deeds that are recommended and for which the doer is rewarded. Whoever claims prohibition of these in certain circumstances is required to bring evidence. (al-Muhallā 1/163)
Shaykh Al-Albānī said:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, his nine wives were accompanying him. By Allāh’s intended wisdom, it was decreed that Lady ‘Ā’ishah, before entering Makkah by one marhala [distance of travel], while they were camping at a place called Sarif, she began menstruating while in the state of ihrām for ‘Umrah, as she intended to perform Tamattu’ – combining ‘Umrah with Hajj – and as did all the Messenger’s wives.
The Messenger (ﷺ) entered upon her and found her crying. He said to her: “What’s wrong with you? Have you begun menstruating?” She said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allāh.” He said: “This is something Allāh has decreed for the daughters of Ādam, so do—here is the point, so pay attention—do what the pilgrim does except do not circumambulate (the Ka’bah) and do not pray.” This mosque is great, and within it is this blessed structure – which is the Ka’bah. He didn’t say to her, “Don’t enter the mosque.” He said to her: “Do not circumambulate and do not pray.”
So this means he permitted her to recite the Qur’ān, because what does a pilgrim do? They recite the Qur’ān, send blessings upon the Messenger, and remember Allāh, etc.
(Slightly paraphrased, Jāmi’ al-Turāth 1/539-540)
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