Woman Reciting or Listening to Qur'aan While Unclean

Q: When a woman is unclean can she do the following:
1. Listen to Quran on MP3.
2. Recite darood.
3. Recite istagfaar
4. Recite verses of Quran from her memory.
5. Can she recite this silently and audibly?

A: A woman in the unclean state may listen to the Qur’aan, recite Isitghfaar, and recite Durood. However, she cannot recite the Qur’aan both audibly and inaudibly.

( يمنع صلاة ... وقراءة قرآن ) بقصده... ( ولا بأس ) لحائض وجنب ( بقراءة أدعية ومسها وحملها وذكر الله تعالى وتسبيح ) (الدر المختار 1/293)

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)