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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a woman making up the prayer if she starts menstruating after the sun has set

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Question : If a woman starts menstruating after the sun has set by the amount of time it takes to say the opening takbir, then according to the madhhab, she has caught the Maghrib prayer.

Answer : And according to the view that a full rak'ah is required, she has not caught it. The ruling on whether she must make up this prayer if she becomes pure from menstruation, or whether she does not, depends on these two views.
According to the madhhab, she must make it up. According to the second view, she does not make it up. There is a third view on this specific issue which states that she is not required to make it up unless she delayed the prayer until its time became narrow, and then she started menstruating. In that case, she is required to make it up. They justify this by saying that this woman has the right to delay the prayer until the time for performing it becomes narrow, so if she delays it, she is not sinful. If the impediment comes to her at a time when she is not sinful, she is not considered to have neglected it; she is not considered to have neglected it. And it appears from the women of the Companions that if they started menstruating during the time, they did not make up the prayer of that time. However, it is possible that when they were checking for menstruation, they would perform the prayer at the beginning of the time, fearing that menstruation might occur. Allah knows best.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 4458امرأة حاضت بعد غروب الشمس بمقدار تكبيرة الإحرام...📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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