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Should a woman recite Al Kahf on Friday while on her menstrual cycle?

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Two views exist: the majority prohibits reciting and touching the Quran, while a second view prohibits only touching the mushaf, allowing recitation with gloves or from memory. menstruation, quran recitation, al kahf, mushaf, scholarly views, fiqh rulings https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GLu4lHrywvo
There are two views on this. The view of the majority of scholars is that when a female is on her menstrual cycle she should not recite the Quran or touch the mushaf. The second view is that the prohibition is specifically for touching the mushaf; it's not for reciting Quran. So for example, if you were to have gloves that you were to use or if you were to recite from memory then it would be fine. Both views are valid and they both look at how we interpret the evidence as such, both have weight. If you were to take the first view, the view of the majority of scholars, and say okay I'm not going to recite Quran whilst I'm on menstrual cycle, then even when you're on your menstrual cycle, if Surat Al Kahf was something you would recite normally every week, Allah will still give you the reward because it's a regular deed you would do and it's something out of your control. If you take the second view, often if you're a teacher, if you're memorizing, if you're teaching your children for example, that's also perfectly valid. But there are views for this particular issue.
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