Menstruation does not prevent ordinary personal dua and remembrance of Allah. Qur’an recitation, touching a mushaf and ritual prayer should be considered separately, because they have their own fiqh rulings.
Context and use
You can continue asking Allah for forgiveness, guidance and help. This guide focuses on supplication and explains why advice about Qur’an recitation may differ.
Sunni school differences
Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta 7815 describes restrictions on recitation in the majority position and a Maliki allowance during menstruation. It also discusses a learning/teaching exception for mushaf handling in Maliki guidance. These are specific issues, not a restriction on all dua.
Dua and remembrance continue
Personal requests and remembrance are not the same activity as performing salah. Sahih Muslim 373 reports the Prophet’s remembrance in different states, supporting the broader discussion of remembrance and ritual purity.
You can express a lawful need in your own words. A personal sentence asking for patience or forgiveness should be distinguished from reciting a passage of the Qur’an.
Why Qur’an recitation is discussed separately
The question is not only whether a book or phone is being touched. Speaking Qur’anic verses is itself an activity jurists discuss. The ruling on looking at a screen does not automatically settle the ruling on reciting aloud.
Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta, fatwa 7815, presents the majority restriction and a Maliki allowance for recitation during menstruation. Its discussion also distinguishes the period after bleeding ends but before purification.
Learning and teaching situations
If you are memorising, teaching or worried about forgetting a passage, describe that circumstance when seeking a ruling. It may affect the guidance you receive. The same authority discusses a Maliki learning/teaching exception concerning handling the mushaf.
A person following another school should not take one exception from a summary and assume it settles every related condition. Request guidance that fits the whole situation.
Personal wording and Qur’anic duas
Making an original personal request and speaking a Qur’anic supplication as Qur’an are distinguishable. Intention, wording and school guidance can matter when a phrase belongs to a revealed passage.
For a simple personal example, “Allah, give me patience and help me remember You” is editorial wording, not a Qur’anic quotation. It does not establish a required menstrual-period formula.
Common questions
Must I stop all worship? Do not confuse rules about salah and fasting with a ban on every form of remembrance.
Can I read from my phone? Specify whether you mean looking silently, speaking verses or handling a device. These are different questions.
Which ruling should I follow? Ask a qualified teacher familiar with your school and circumstances, especially for teaching and memorisation.