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There is nothing wrong with a menstruating woman entering the mosque to take something she needs and then come out

Question: 146758

It is narrated that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) asked me to hand him something from the mosque and I said: I am menstruating. He said: “Your menstruation is not in your hand.” I hope you can explain this hadeeth; does it mean that the menstruating woman cannot enter the mosque or do anything?.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said: “I do not permit a menstruating woman or a person who is junub to
enter the mosque.” And Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of
the meaning): “O you who believe! Approach not As‑Salaah (the prayer)
when you are in a drunken state until you know (the meaning) of what you
utter, nor when you are in a state of Janaaba (i.e. in a state of sexual
impurity and have not yet taken a bath), except when travelling on the
road (without enough water, or just passing through a mosque), till you
wash your whole body” [al-Nisa’ 4:43]. An exception is made for people
who are junub who are just passing through, and the same applies to
menstruating women. The menstruating woman should not sit in the mosque,
but she may pass through. There is nothing wrong with one who is passing
through going from one door to another, or going in to get something from
the mosque, such as a small mat or a book or a vessel and so on. When the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) told ‘Aa’ishah to hand
him a small mat — referring to a prayer mat made of papyrus on which he
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to pray — she told him
that she was menstruating, and he said to her: “Your menstruation is not
in your hand.” What is meant is that there is nothing to prevent her going
into the mosque to get something; rather what is forbidden is for her to
sit in the mosque. As for her passing through or going to get something,
there is nothing wrong with that, and this hadeeth indicates that. End
quote. 

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him). 

Source

Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb, 2/678

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