Hazrat Ikrimah, regarding the verse of the Holy Qur'an: { فَأْتُوْھُنَّ مِنْ حَیْثُ أَمَرَکُمُ اللّٰہُ }: "Go to your wives in the manner Allah has commanded you," says that when you are told to keep away from your wives, then keep away. That is, during the state of menstruation.