She has reached fifty years of age and the blood is still coming down on her; is it considered menstruation?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The listener, Shin-Kha-Dal from al-Aflaj, says: "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. After that, I am a woman who has reached the age of fifty, and I heard on this blessed program that a woman who reaches fifty stops having her period, so she prays and fasts. I am confused about my situation: should I pray or not? Even though the period is still coming down on me at the same time, it has not changed for me. And if it remains as a brownish discharge, should I pray during this brownish discharge? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good."
The Shaykh:
This is the position of the majority of scholars that there is no menstruation after fifty, and therefore they call this age the age of menopause. So if a woman reaches fifty years of age, she fasts and prays even if something of blood comes down on her; because this is considered blood of corruption, not blood of menstruation.
The questioner:
Even if it is according to her original custom.
The Shaykh:
Or even if it is. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The listener, Shin-Kha-Dal from al-Aflaj, says: "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. After that, I am a woman who has reached the age of fifty, and I heard on this blessed program that a woman who reaches fifty stops having her period, so she prays and fasts. I am confused about my situation: should I pray or not? Even though the period is still coming down on me at the same time, it has not changed for me. And if it remains as a brownish discharge, should I pray during this brownish discharge? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good."
The Shaykh:
This is the position of the majority of scholars that there is no menstruation after fifty, and therefore they call this age the age of menopause. So if a woman reaches fifty years of age, she fasts and prays even if something of blood comes down on her; because this is considered blood of corruption, not blood of menstruation.
The questioner:
Even if it is according to her original custom.
The Shaykh:
Or even if it is. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5173- بلغت الخمسين من عمرها وما زال الدم ينزل عليها فهل يعتبر حيضا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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