2 Strong proofs why using Tampons is halal in Islam
C J Ahmed-07.03.2023
Using Tampons is not haram in Islam. Tampons are menstrual products like pads and are used to con troll the flow of menstrual blood in girls and women. Below are the two strong arguments proving why it is halal to use Tampons.
"And those who guard their chastity. Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, and then those are the transgressors."
(Al Quran23.5-7)
The above verse in the Quran is taken out of context and has been used as proof to forbid masturbation. The verse quoted above only mentions about sexual relations between persons other than ones wives and slaves and masturbation is only a thing that you engage with yourself and not others. Imam Shafi was the first person to use this verse to argue that masturbation is haram and many others have blindly taken this position of his without scrutinising what he has said. If you observe the verse carefully, you would understand that there is no mention of the word masturbation being forbidden. the word" But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors." as being taken out of context and interpreted to mean that the masturbator is a transgressor as he is seeking something beyond what his right hand possesses. This verse only means about things what Allah (swt) and his Rasool (sal) have clearly explained in the Quran and Sunnah of what is sexual transgression. In the Quran and the authentic hadiths, what are mentioned as sexual transgression are adultery, fornication and homosexuality.
Hamnah bint Jahsh menstruated at the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and she came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “I have a strong, prolonged flow of blood.” He said to her: “Block it with cotton.” She said, “It is greater than that. My blood gushes.” He said, “Consider yourself to be on your menses each month for six or seven days known to Allah, then do ghusl and pray and fast for twenty-three or twenty-four days. Delay Zuhr prayer and bring ‘Asr forward, and do ghusl for them. And delay Maghrib and bring ‘Isha forward and do ghusl for them. This is the more beloved of the two ways to me.” (Ibn Majah-Graded Hasan Sahih by Sheikh Albani)
It is clear that using Tampons is not haram in Islam.
Using Tampons is not haram in Islam. Tampons are menstrual products like pads and are used to con troll the flow of menstrual blood in girls and women. Below are the two strong arguments proving why it is halal to use Tampons.
- Tampons are not sex toys and sex toys are halal in Islam
"And those who guard their chastity. Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, and then those are the transgressors."
(Al Quran23.5-7)
The above verse in the Quran is taken out of context and has been used as proof to forbid masturbation. The verse quoted above only mentions about sexual relations between persons other than ones wives and slaves and masturbation is only a thing that you engage with yourself and not others. Imam Shafi was the first person to use this verse to argue that masturbation is haram and many others have blindly taken this position of his without scrutinising what he has said. If you observe the verse carefully, you would understand that there is no mention of the word masturbation being forbidden. the word" But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors." as being taken out of context and interpreted to mean that the masturbator is a transgressor as he is seeking something beyond what his right hand possesses. This verse only means about things what Allah (swt) and his Rasool (sal) have clearly explained in the Quran and Sunnah of what is sexual transgression. In the Quran and the authentic hadiths, what are mentioned as sexual transgression are adultery, fornication and homosexuality.
- Even the women during the time of the prophet (sal) used cotton to block menstrual blood
Hamnah bint Jahsh menstruated at the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and she came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “I have a strong, prolonged flow of blood.” He said to her: “Block it with cotton.” She said, “It is greater than that. My blood gushes.” He said, “Consider yourself to be on your menses each month for six or seven days known to Allah, then do ghusl and pray and fast for twenty-three or twenty-four days. Delay Zuhr prayer and bring ‘Asr forward, and do ghusl for them. And delay Maghrib and bring ‘Isha forward and do ghusl for them. This is the more beloved of the two ways to me.” (Ibn Majah-Graded Hasan Sahih by Sheikh Albani)
It is clear that using Tampons is not haram in Islam.