Question:
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to read the Qurān from the mushaf (a written copy of the Qurān)?
Answer:
This is (from) the disputed matters. The stance of the majority of the scholars is prohibition; that a menstruating woman cannot hold the mushaf.
A group of other scholars adopted the stance of permissibility. They said this because The Prophet ﷺ said to ‘Āisha:
“نَاوِلِينِي الْخُمْرَةَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ”
Pass me the mat from the masjid
قَالَت: إِنِّي حَائِضٌ
She said: “I am certainly menstruating.”
“قَالَ : إِنَّ حَيْضَكِ لَيْسَ بِيَدِكِ”
He said, “Indeed, your menstruation is not on your hands.” [1].
Thus, this shows the permissibility of a menstruating womam taking the mushaf.
However, in order to avoid the difference of opinion; were she to wear gloves she will have touched the mushaf through a barrier – and this is permissible.
Similarly, if she were to recite from a phone, a phone that contains a mushaf, for example; this is also permissible.
[1] Narrated by Ā’isha (may Allāh be pleased with her) in Abū Dāwūd (261). Graded Saheeh by Shayk Al-Albānī in Saheeh sunan Abē Dāwūd
Answered by: Shaikh Abu Abdillah Muhammad Ba Jamaal (May Allah preserve him)
Source: https://t.me/bajmaal/4489
Translated by: Abū Sufyān Sāmi ibn Daniel Al-Ghāni