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This claim flies in the face of many tafsir traditions around 65:4; that it is referring to the peri-menopausal and post menopausal women, the pre-pubescent girls and the pregnant women is clear from these commentaries. The women who are currently menstruating are told in Qur'an 2:228 that they must wait 3 menstrual cycles, and the interpretive tradition makes it quite clear that this verse is referring to pre-pubescent girls. | This claim flies in the face of many tafsir traditions around 65:4; that it is referring to the peri-menopausal and post menopausal women, the pre-pubescent girls and the pregnant women is clear from these commentaries. The women who are currently menstruating are told in Qur'an 2:228 that they must wait 3 menstrual cycles, and the interpretive tradition makes it quite clear that this verse is referring to pre-pubescent girls. | ||
That this verse was specifically intended to explain the three classes of women who | That this verse was specifically intended to explain the three classes of women who cannot currently menstruate is illustrated by this anecdote told by Maududi in his tafsir on this verse: | ||
{{quote|https://quranx.com/Tafsir/Maududi/65.4| | {{quote|https://quranx.com/Tafsir/Maududi/65.4| | ||