What is the ruling on bleeding after the age of menopause?

The questioner:
The questioner says: I am a woman who is fifty-five years old. My menstruation stopped a year ago, and now for fifteen days I have been bleeding while fasting.

The Shaykh:
A woman, what?

The questioner:
She is fifty-five years old. My menstruation stopped a year ago, and now for fifteen days I have been bleeding while fasting. What should I do about the days that have passed? Do I have to make them up?

The Shaykh:
This blood that comes after fifty is not considered bleeding; it is not menstruation. It is not menstruation, but rather bleeding resulting from an illness. Therefore, it does not prevent fasting or prayer, because it is not menstruation, but rather bleeding and illness. You should consult doctors to treat it, but it does not prevent prayer or fasting. Because there is no menstruation after fifty. The age of menopause, according to the majority of scholars, is fifty years. Menopause is at fifty years, and there is no menstruation after that. If blood comes after fifty, it is not menstruation, but rather bleeding. Yes.