A Response to Three Questions of a Christian — Page 22
22 The reply given is to tell them: َوْفَعْلا —Spend what you can spare after [fulfilling] your needs. The sixth INQUIRY— S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:223— َو َكَنْوُلَٔـْسَي ِنَع ِضْيِحَمْلا They ask whether or not intercourse is permissible with a woman during menstruation. The reply given is: S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:223— ْلُق َوُه ىًذَا ١ۙ اوُلِزَتْعاَف َءٓاَسِّنلا يِف ِضْيِحَمْلا Tell them that copulation during the days of menstruation is painful. Keep away from the company of women during the days of menstruation. The Seventh INQUIRY— S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:221— َكَنْوُلَٔـْسَي ِنَع ىٰمٰتَيْلا They ask you concerning the orphans. The response given is to tell them: S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:221— ٌحاَلْصِا ْمُهَّل ٌرْيَخ Safeguarding the wealth, honour, and nurturing of orphans — indeed their reformation and betterment care- fully in every way — is an act of goodness.