Is there a Quranic text or Prophetic Hadith that prohibits Muslim women from wearing cotton sanitary pads?
A Muslim is commanded to avoid impurities, as Allah the Almighty says: "And your garments purify." Menstrual blood is impure, and if it gets on a woman's garment, she must wash it. Women during the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to have special clothes for menstruation. The basic principle regarding things is permissibility, and there is no evidence that prohibits the use of diapers. Rather, the permissibility of using cotton to stop bleeding has been affirmed, as narrated by Hamnah bint Jahsh, may Allah be pleased with her, that she experienced prolonged bleeding during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he told her: "Use cotton as a pad," and cotton (kursuf) is cotton.
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