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Islam en menses

http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/w_menses.htm

Islam and Menses
What You Need to Know
(article taken from Al-Shahada)

As you are no doubt aware by now, there are certain rules and exceptions for women in Islam, and one of them pertains to her monthly cycle. Try your best not to think of it as a limitation, but as a reprieve.

A woman who is in her monthly cycle cannot:

1. Perform the five prescribed prayers (Salat al Fard) (prayers missed due to menstruation do not have to be made up)

2. Touch the Qur'an,

3. Make ta'waf around the Kaba,

4. Fast (Days of fasting missed during Ramadan may be made up within the next lunar year)

5. Engage in sexual intercourse with her husband (kissing, hugging, and other intimate touching outside of the genital area is okay).

6. It is better for her not to be in the musallah (area where prayers are performed) in the masjid or Islamic centre.


A woman who is in her monthly cycle can:

1. Make du'a,

2. Listen to a recitation of the Qur'an, or silently recite it to herself

3. Celebrate the praises of Allah ta'ala,

4. Study Islamic texts, including hadith,

5. Attend Eid celebrations.


When your menses is finished: ghusl

When your cycle is ended, then you must perform the ritual purification bath, called ghusl. It includes washing your entire body, including the head. If your hair is so tightly braided that water would not reach your scalp underneath, then you are obliged to undo your hair. Otherwise, you do not need to undo your style, but only run some water over it.

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