Menstruating Women And Women
Experiencing Post-Natal Bleeding: May They
Touch the Qur’aan?


Question:
Noble Shaykh, it is a habit of mine that I
recite certain chapters of the Qur’aan
before I go to sleep, but there are days
when I cannot do this because of my
monthly period. May I write the chapters I
wish to read on a piece of paper, so that I
can read them during my period?


Answer:
Menstruating women and women experiencing
post-natal bleeding may recite the Qur’aan,
according to the most correct view from the
scholars, since there is no authentic proof that
points to the contrary. However, they may not
touch the Mushaf. what they can do is hold it
indirectly, by placing a cloth, for instance,
between the hand and the Qur’aan, and the
same ruling applies for a piece of paper upon
which is written parts of the Qur’aan. And with
Allaah is the facilitation to do what is right.

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, vol.7, p.47, DARUSALAM