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Ruling on Menstruating Women in Rooms Attached to a Masjid

3 Muharram 1448 | 19 June 2026 250 views

Question

السلام عليكم

If an event is being held at a masjid and the extra rooms where they hold the events are attached to the masjid, but they don’t pray in these extra rooms; can women who are menstruating attend?

Clarification:

Yes they have proper pardah arrangements.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullāhi Wa-Barakātuh.

If the rooms are not within the boundaries of the masjid, then a menstruating woman may attend the event there. However, if those rooms form part of the masjid itself, then it will not be permissible.[1]

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best.

Abdour-Rahmaan Lim Voon Heek

Student Darul Iftaa
Port-louis, Mauritius

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Muhammad Zakariyya Desai.

https://iftaa.co.za/9142/ruling-on-menstruating-women-in-rooms-attached-to-a-masjid/

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