Question:
Assalamu alaykoum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh,
What can a woman do to get the full reward of Lailatul qadr while on her menses? Can she still listen to Quran but not read it or touch the book itself? Will she get the same reward?
jazakkallahu kairan
Answer:
`Alaykum Salam,
Yes she can listen to Qur’an, but recite Qur’an only in her heart without moving her lips or tongue (Nawawi, Tibyan). She can look into the mus’haf without touching it. She can flip the pages using a stylus or dry miswak or a ruler. Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal used a twig when in janaba. She will get more reward than normal because there is more work or stress involved; the Prophet (upon him blessings and peace) said “Reward is proportional to fatigue” (Bukhari and Muslim). As for dhikr she can recite dhikr unconditionally, even if parts of it are from Qur’an, since those parts are being recited as generic dhikr.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
