A menstruating woman hearing a verse of prostration

Ibrahim used to say: If a menstruating woman hears a verse of prostration, she does not prostrate, because she is leaving something more important than the prostration: the obligatory prayer.

Hammad said: I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr and Ibrahim whether a menstruating woman who hears a verse of prostration should prostrate or not. They said: The prostration of recitation is not required of her. The prayer, which is excused for her, is more important than these prostrations.

Ibn Jurayj said: I said to Ata: If a menstruating woman passes by some people who are reciting the Qur'an, and those people perform the prostration of recitation, should she prostrate with them? He said: No, she has been prevented even from something better than these prostrations, the obligatory prayer.

Abu al-Duha and Ibrahim said: When a menstruating woman hears a verse containing a prostration of recitation, she does not prostrate; she is leaving something more binding than that.

Al-Hasan said: If a person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) or a menstruating woman hears a verse of prostration, they do not prostrate.

Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a menstruating woman hears a verse of prostration, she should lower her head slightly as a gesture.

Ibn al-Musayyib said: A menstruating woman should lower her head slightly as a gesture and say: 'Allahumma laka sajadtu' (O Allah, to You I prostrate).