What is the validity of the claim by some that it is forbidden for a woman with post-natal bleeding to visit or pray until after forty days?
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The questioner:
He says: Some people say that when a woman gives birth, it is not permissible for her to pray, leave her house, visit, or be visited until after forty days as well.
The Shaykh:
This is false speech and a restriction that has no basis. She may communicate, speak, and be visited without any restriction to specific days. Yes.
The questioner:
He included prayer in this, saying she should pray, saying it is said that it is not permissible for her to pray.
The Shaykh:
The woman with post-natal bleeding.
The questioner:
Yes, he means
The Shaykh:
She does not pray if blood is still coming out of her. But if the blood has stopped, she prays, even if it is within the forty days. Yes.
He says: Some people say that when a woman gives birth, it is not permissible for her to pray, leave her house, visit, or be visited until after forty days as well.
The Shaykh:
This is false speech and a restriction that has no basis. She may communicate, speak, and be visited without any restriction to specific days. Yes.
The questioner:
He included prayer in this, saying she should pray, saying it is said that it is not permissible for her to pray.
The Shaykh:
The woman with post-natal bleeding.
The questioner:
Yes, he means
The Shaykh:
She does not pray if blood is still coming out of her. But if the blood has stopped, she prays, even if it is within the forty days. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5593- ما صحة قول بعضهم يحرم على النفساء أن تزور أو تصلي إلا بعد أربعين يوما؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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