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Teaching Women About Ritual Purity and Puberty in a Mosque Lesson Question: Shaykh, I apologise for the length of my question, but every part is important for understanding what I mean. I am a young woman seeking Islamic knowledge, and Allah has blessed me with a position as a female lecturer masjids. I visit each masjid only once or twice a month. My first lecture was about the way of the Messengers in calling people to tawḥīd. In the fiqh section, I spoke about ritual purity because it is one of the conditions for the validity of Prayer. I began by explaining ghusl and the things that make it obligatory. I mentioned wet dreams and explained them as seeing in a dream what happens between a husband and wife, or finding wetness after waking up. I explained this in detail because it is one of the signs of puberty, and I also explained the other signs of puberty. Shaykh, everything I mentioned in the lecture was based on a long study of my community. By Allah, some mothers do not teach their daughters about ghusl, what makes it obligatory, or even the signs of puberty. I decided that I would teach people what they do not know, especially matters that are important. Without this knowledge, a person's prayer may become invalid, and girls may not even realise when they have reached puberty. So I took the opportunity to teach these matters, and it was my first lecture in that masjid. Afterward, however, my mother told me that what I did was wrong. She said such things should not be mentioned in the first lesson and that explaining what a wet dream is in that way shows a lack of modesty. So please advise me, Shaykh. Is what my mother said correct, or was what I did correct? I still have more lectures ahead of me. I only spoke about these matters because I know that my community pays little attention to the rulings of purification from major ritual impurity. Allah's help is sought. May Allah reward you with good. Note: Those attending included mothers, female teachers, adult girls, and also some young girls. Shaykh Khalid Ash-Sharahi (may Allah preserve him) replied: Spreading Islamic knowledge among women is important, especially knowledge related to tawḥīd, the Sunnah, ritual purity, and prayer. Teaching women these matters is of great importance. This is especially true regarding the rulings that concern women, such as menstruation, ghusl after major ritual impurity (janābah), and similar issues. We have heard that in some places many women do not perform ghusl after marital relations because of ignorance—both on their part and on the part of their husbands. This is something very surprising. May Allah bless you. Continue spreading knowledge, but do so in a manner that is appropriate for the women attending. Do not go into every detail about matters that some women may feel shy discussing. As for the subject of major ritual impurity (janābah) and the signs of puberty, teaching these matters is important because they help a woman know when she has become accountable for acts of worship. And Allah is the One who grants success. Source: https://t.me/BOT_9_9_1/32481 https://t.me/womensbenefits/1844