[84]. I.e., refrain from sexual intercourse during the menstrual discharge. The Qur’an and Sunnah allow all closeness except intercourse at that time. Jews avoided even sitting with a menstruating woman, while Christians permitted intercourse.
Islam chose the balanced way: forbidding intercourse but allowing affection.
It is prohibited also for a man to divorce a menstruating woman during her menses.
Allāh decreed that a woman should be divorced when she is in a state of purity, free from postpartum bleeding and menses, and during a time of purity when her husband has not yet had intercourse with her. This is the divorce that is prescribed according to the law.
Women are supposed to maintain proper hygiene and stop prayer and fasting during the period of the menses. They do not have to make up the prayers they missed during menstruation but the missed fasts during Ramadan they should make up. When the menstruating period is over, women have to perform ritual purification (ghusl, that is total bath) and resume prayer.
[85]. Clean and purify yourselves, stop to do evil. If we confess our sins, Allāh is faithful to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. let us cleanse ourselves from all the impurity of flesh and spirit, perfecting righteousness in the fear of Allāh. Ask Allāh to create in you a clean heart. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see Allāh in the Hereafter.
[86]. In as much as you sow your seeds into their wombs in expectance of yield.
[87]. In whatever position, given that intercourse takes place in the vagina not the anus and not during menstruation.
[88]. One of the most intimate and enjoyable experiences that a husband and wife can have together is enjoying foreplay, sexual intercourse and the climax called orgasm. That is, a husband and wife having sex together. Sexual activity as defined here includes foreplay, sexual intercourse and orgasm. Allāh designed our genitals for sexual activity to draw a husband and wife together and then to procreate.
This is also is a reminder that intimacy should not be only about physical desire; spouses should also intend righteous purposes—such as raising righteous children, showing kindness, and strengthening the bond of marriage—because all these count as deeds stored for the Hereafter.