The Meaning of Purity in Conditioning Divorce on Menstruation
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man says, "If you have your period, you are divorced," then she is divorced at the first purity.
The Shaykh:
No.
The questioner:
Is purity the washing or the cessation of menstrual blood?
The Shaykh:
Purity is the cessation of menstrual blood. As for the washing, he said to her, "Purify yourself," not "You are pure." Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:222] "purify themselves," meaning from the blood, and "purify themselves," meaning from the washing. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man says, "If you have your period, you are divorced," then she is divorced at the first purity.
The Shaykh:
No.
The questioner:
Is purity the washing or the cessation of menstrual blood?
The Shaykh:
Purity is the cessation of menstrual blood. As for the washing, he said to her, "Purify yourself," not "You are pure." Allah the Exalted said:
so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves
فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَطْهُرْنَ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 086 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطلاق / الطلاق قي الماضي والمستقبل / صالح الفوزان / الفقه — youtube.com (1:01:42)
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