<sod>A Muslim woman may not move in a mosque, or perform [[salat]], while she is menstruating or during postpartum period, because bodily fluids are considered ritually impure in Islam. Some Muslim scholars suggest that the woman should stay in her house, or near her house, during this state.<ref name=martinencylo /><ref>{{cite book | last1 = al Ṭūsī | first1 = Mohammad ibn Hasan ibn Ali Abu Ja'far (Sheikh al-Taifah, author) | last2 = Ezzati | first2 = Alireza (translator) | author-link1 = Shaykh Tusi | title = Al-nihayah: concise description of Islamic law and legal opinions | trans-title = Nihāyah fī mujarrad al-fiqh wa-al-fatāwá | publisher = ICAS Press | location = London | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-1-904063-29-2 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1= Hundt | first1= Gillian L. | last2= Beckerleg | first2= Susan | last3= Kassem | first3= Fatma | last4= Jafar | first4= Abdel M.A. | last5= Belmaker | first5= I. | last6= Saad. | first6= K. Abu | last7= Shoham-Vardi | first7= I. | title =  Women's health custom made: building on the 40 days postpartum for Arab women | journal = [[Health Care for Women International]] | volume = 21 | issue = 6 | pages = 529–542 | publisher = [[Taylor and Francis]] | doi = 10.1080/07399330050130313 | pmid = 11235284 | date = September 2000 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399330050130313 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}</ref> Some Islamic jurists claim that this is an incorrect interpretation of sharia, and suggest the Islamic intent was about hygiene, not about religious ritual cleanliness.<ref name=martinencylo /><eod>
<sod>A Muslim woman may not move in a mosque, or perform [[salat]], while she is menstruating or during postpartum period, because bodily fluids are considered ritually impure in Islam.<eod>