Is a menstruating woman prohibited from reciting the Quran?

Chapter on Menstruation

Al-Mughni

Book of Purification

Book 2 · Issue 4 · Bab 12

Open in Qurani

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The menstruating woman is prohibited from reciting any portion of the Quran. This is based on the command of the Prophet, peace be upon him: “The menstruating woman and the one in *janabah* (major ritual impurity) shall not recite anything of the Quran.”