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What is the name and number of the verse that mentions not fasting during menstruation?

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It is forbidden for a woman to fast during menstruation by scholarly consensus and according to the Sunnah, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Is it not true that when she menstruates, she neither prays nor fasts?"

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