Is it permissible to pray over a deceased menstruating woman or a woman in postpartum bleeding (nifas) in the mosque?
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It is not permissible for a menstruating woman or a woman in postpartum bleeding () to stay in the mosque. However, there is no harm in performing the funeral prayer for a woman who died while menstruating or in postpartum bleeding in the mosque, because religious obligations cease with death.
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