Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

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"He does not have to offer expiation, but he has to repent."64 The
Urnmah is unanimously agreed that it is harh to have intercourse
with a menstruating woman, and there is no difference of opinion,65
because Allah (B) says:
%They ask you concerning menstruation. Say that is an Adha [a
harmful thing for a husband to have a sexual intercourse with his wife
while she is having her menses], therefore, keep away from women
during menses and go not unto them till they are purified [from
menses and have taken a bath]. And when they have purified
themselves, then go in unto them as AUah has ordained for you.)
(Qur'an 2: 222)
6. Intimacy with a menstruating woman
'Ali (&) was asked: "What can you do with your wife if she
. .
is menstruating?" He said: "(Be intimate with her) above the waist
wrapper."66 The evidence for that is that it was narrated that 'A'ishah
(I&) said: "If one of us was menstruating, the Messenger of AUah
(4) would tell her to wear a waist wrapper, then be would be
intimate with her."67
Rulings on prayer
1. Qur'an is not to be recited when bowing or prostrating
'Ali ihn Abi T%b (&,) said: "The Messenger of Allah (B)
told me not to recite Qur'an when I was bowing or prostrating."68
2. The one who does not pray is a disbeliever
Amir d-Mn'mineen 'Ali ihn Ahi Tab (&) was asked: "0
Arnir d-Mn'mineen, what do you think about a woman who does not
pray?" He said: "The one who does not pray is a di~believer."~~
Abdullah ihn Shaqeeq said: "The Companions of the Messenger of
Allah (g) did not think that refraining from any action constituted
disbelief except prayer, because it is an act of worship by means of