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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 222of 286

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْمَحِيضِ ۖ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًۭى فَٱعْتَزِلُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فِى ٱلْمَحِيضِ ۖ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَطْهُرْنَ ۖ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلتَّوَّٰبِينَ وَيُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ﴿٢٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And they ask you about menstruation. Say, "It is harm, so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where Allah has ordained for you. Indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves."

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask you
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلْمَحِيضِ ۖl-maḥīḍi[the] menstruation
قُلْqulSay
هُوَhuwaIt
أَذًۭىadhan(is) a hurt
فَٱعْتَزِلُوا۟fa-iʿ'tazilūso keep away (from)
ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa[the] women
فِىduring
ٱلْمَحِيضِ ۖl-maḥīḍi(their) [the] menstruation
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْرَبُوهُنَّtaqrabūhunnaapproach them
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَطْهُرْنَ ۖyaṭhur'nathey are cleansed
فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
تَطَهَّرْنَtaṭahharnathey are purified
فَأْتُوهُنَّfatūhunnathen come to them
مِنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
أَمَرَكُمُamarakumuhas ordered you
ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
ٱلتَّوَّٰبِينَl-tawābīnathose who turn in repentance
وَيُحِبُّwayuḥibbuand loves
ٱلْمُتَطَهِّرِينَl-mutaṭahirīnathose who purify themselves

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Women is prohibitedImam Ahmad recorded that Anas said that the Jews used to avoid their menstruating women, they would not eat, or even mingle with them in the house. The Companions of the Prophet asked about this matter and Allah revealed:وَيَسْـَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُواْ النِّسَآءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ وَلاَ تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّى يَطْهُرْنَ(They ask you concerning menstruation.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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