Bismillahi Al-Rahmani Al-Rahim

Menstruating Women and the Musalla

Q
in the hanbali madhhab, is it permissible for a woman to enter the musalla area of a masjid and sit down, but not pray?

A
Women who are menstruating may not remain inside the masjid. If the blood has stopped then the woman may make wudu and sit in the masjid even if she has not made ghusl.

And Allah knows best.

wa al-salamu `alaykum
--musa