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Sari
I'm really dreading not being able to pray in the last week or so of Ramadhan. .
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..the point is not that women are "not allowed to" pray and fast but are
rather exempted from observing prayer and fasting at such times, because such two duties are difficult and demand much effort.
In this regard, we should bear in mind that one of the basic goals of Islamic Shari`ah is to remove harm and difficulty from people's lives. The many texts of the Qur'an and Sunnah serve as a support for this, giving one clear message that Almighty A
llah does not intend to place any difficulty on the shoulders of His servants.
This has led many Muslim scholars to reach a very great maxim that summarizes a lot of things in this regard; it goes, "difficulty brings ease," meaning that when a person is experiencing anything difficult, Islam will give him some concessions that make life easy for him.
Under this maxim, we can understand why a traveler is exempted from fasting, why a sick person is allowed not to fast, why a handicapped person is allowed to observe prayer while sitting down, and why a pregnant woman or a woman who is breast-feeding is entitled to break her fasting. All this is meant to remove hardship and difficulty away from people, because this is one of the highest objectives of Islam.
Another important point to be highlighted here is that, while experiencing their menses, women are exempted from fasting and prayer only, but still,
they can observe other forms of worship like remembrance of Allah and making du`aa' (supplication.)
http://www.readingislam.com/servlet/...AskAboutIslamE
God Wants Ease for You
Keeping Connection with God During Menstruation
..... Islam does not ask the Muslim woman to give up her spiritualities or pursuit of Islamic knowledge during this time either. While it is true that she cannot perform ritual prayers, Tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka`bah) and fasting; however, she is not prohibited from listening to tapes of the Qur'an, or from listening to someone else recite it.
She may even recite the verses to herself silently. She can still pray, through du`aa’ (supplication), and can still repeat the praises of Allah Almighty (perform dhikr during this time as well. There is also nothing to stop her from reading Islamic texts outside of the Qur'an, including hadith.
These are some means by which you can keep the connection with Allah Almighty and I'm quite sure that you are to find other means. You just need to believe that the menstruation is a means by which a Muslim woman is to gain rewards from Allah Almighty
http://www.readingislam.com/servlet/...AskAboutIslamE