What is the ruling on a woman whose menstruation stopped for three months, and then blood came out? Does she fast?

The questioner : His Eminence was asked about a woman whose menses stopped for three months, then blood came out of her, and after the test, pregnancy was not confirmed. Does she fast and pray?

The Shaykh : This woman’s blood is the blood of women, so it is menstrual blood. As long as the doctors say that her womb is free of a child, this is menstrual blood. However, she does not pray until she passes fifteen days. Once she passes fifteen days, the blood becomes irregular non-menstrual bleeding. She performs the full ritual bath, fasts, and makes up the days she did not fast previously. When the second month comes, she does not sit except for the duration of her usual menses.

The questioner : His Eminence was asked about a woman whose menses stopped for three months, then blood came out of her, and after the test, pregnancy was not confirmed. Does she fast and pray?

The Shaykh : Yes, she fasts and prays, because menstruation is the flow, derived from the Arabs’ saying that a valley menstruates when it flows. Therefore, natural menstruation must move and come out onto the clothes, and the woman feels it flowing. As for one or two drops, they are nothing. It was reported from the Commander of the Faithful, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), that if a woman sees blood like dew, meaning drop by drop, it is nothing. Based on this, the prayer of the woman who described her condition to you, as you heard, and her fasting are valid.