In state of major or minor impurity, what exactly is meant by “Shouldn’t touch the Quran”? Does it mean the pages that contain the sacred text or it includes even the outer hardcover of the Quran which doesn’t contain any sacred text. Is touching the outer cover of the Quran not allowed, to shift it from one place, in state of Junub?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Reading/Reciting the Quran
24 Nov

ANSWER: You cannot touch it without a barrier like gloves or handkerchief, if you have to move it from one place to another.

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Sheikh I have a big confusion some say it is permissible to touch the quaran while a women is menstruating ..Some say it forbidden .. some say it is better to avoid.. am really confused.. please do help me with the same..

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Reading/Reciting the Quran
20 Nov

ANSWER: A woman can recite the Qur’an when she’s menstruating, from her memory or from any Tafseer book or her phone or any electronic device. The prohibition is in touching the actual Qur’an(Mushaf).  Kindly refer to the following link(s): https://youtu.be/0g6ttessUcE

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sheikh, I was in labor from 7am till 5pm in the hospital on the bed with a muscle in my hand etc etc…I couldn’t pray all the prayers that I missed. Should I make up those missed prayers?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer
14 Nov

If there was no blood, make them up.

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For a woman on periods, can she recite the morning azkaar as soon as she wakes up maybe around 9 a.m. or so….or she should wake up at fajr time to recite these azkaar?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Supplications
18 Oct

She can recite it when she wakes up but she won’t be protected until she reads it.

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I’ve almost completed 40 days now. Do I start praying on the 40th day, or do I start praying once the 40th day is finished i.e. on the 41st day you begin praying?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
06 Oct

You shouldn’t wait for 40 days to do qhusl and pray and fast. What requires is that you are pure. If your bleeding stops and you are pure after 15 or 20 or whatever date then you take ghusl and start doing everything what a woman not in her menses does.

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Can a men discuss about women’s mensuration like about their pain and struggle during this time… Because some of friends around me are making fun of mensuration… So I wish to discuss with them and make a clear point to them about this.

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
25 Sep

It is inappropriate for men to talk about such issues, let alone make fun of it. Usually, only ignorants do this.

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My wife got miscarriage and the scanning report of doctor say that foetus was 7 weeks (49 days), please advise whether she should continue praying or should stop until the bleeding stops and taken after the gusl.

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
08 Sep

She must Continue to pray until she gets her menses as this is not postnatal bleeding.

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Is it permissible for teenage girls to use tampons?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
07 Sep

If you still not married and virgin, you can not use it because this will cause breaking the hymen, if you are married it is permissible to use it.

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Please can you advise if a sister is teaching children in a room and the room is used for prayer as it is an old prayer building having carpets with musallah..cam she teach there on that floor when she is menstruating?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
06 Sep

If it is not a part of the masjid then it is permissible. But if it is in a full fledge masjid that no one can sell or move, she must not enter that room.

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What should a woman do who has PCOS and is able to distinguish b/w menses and istihaza but has irregular periods so her cycle is not set sometimes it comes earlier than 15 days or takes upto 2 months however she is able to distinguish if it is menses. Can she follow her instincts?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
02 Sep

If it doesn’t exceed 15 days per month, this is her period and she must not pray when the blood is there until she sees her purity. If it exceeds that, if her period was regular every month, she must consider the timing and stop praying  when the time of her menses is due. If […]

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