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Women during Hayd Can Pick up Things from a Masjid but Must Not Leave Anything Therein

alkafi-4214Vol. 3, p. 106-107

سَأَلْتُهُ كَيْفَ صَارَتِ الْحَائِضُ تَأْخُذُ مَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَ لَا تَضَعُ فِيهِ‌ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّ الْحَائِضَ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَضَعَ مَا فِي يَدِهَا فِي غَيْرِهِ وَ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مَا فِيهِ إِلَّا مِنْهُ‌[1].

“I once asked Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘How is it that women during their experiencing Hayd (menses) can pick up things from Masjid, but cannot leave anything therein?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is because such women can leave what is in their hands in other places and cannot take what is there (in the Masjid) except from it (