The ruling on using menstrual suppression pills during Hajj and the ruling on one who uses them
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The questioner : Shaykh Muhammad, a woman is on the line with us. She says that she performed Hajj last year and was taking some menstrual suppressants. On the tenth day, some discharge came to her. Is there anything wrong with this tawaf?
The Shaykh : Before answering her question, I offer a piece of advice to my Muslim sisters: using pills that prevent menstruation is very, very harmful. It has been established for us by knowledgeable doctors that they are harmful; they damage the uterus and disrupt the monthly cycle, causing disturbances, and they may also harm the nerves.
Some of my brothers have written to me listing seventeen points regarding their harms. Therefore, we advise our believing sisters to avoid these pills.
Moreover, menstruation is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam. It is a natural occurrence, so preventing it and stopping its natural course is undoubtedly a source of anger and affects the woman. However, if there is a need to take it once, such as a woman who goes to Hajj, for example, or to 'Umrah, and she fears that menstruation will come to her, then with the consultation of a doctor, I hope there is no harm in it. As for what some women do, preventing menstruation constantly, or when Ramadan enters in order to fast with the people, that is a clear error. As for answering this woman's question, as long as the blood she saw is not menstrual blood...
The Shaykh : Before answering her question, I offer a piece of advice to my Muslim sisters: using pills that prevent menstruation is very, very harmful. It has been established for us by knowledgeable doctors that they are harmful; they damage the uterus and disrupt the monthly cycle, causing disturbances, and they may also harm the nerves.
Some of my brothers have written to me listing seventeen points regarding their harms. Therefore, we advise our believing sisters to avoid these pills.
Moreover, menstruation is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam. It is a natural occurrence, so preventing it and stopping its natural course is undoubtedly a source of anger and affects the woman. However, if there is a need to take it once, such as a woman who goes to Hajj, for example, or to 'Umrah, and she fears that menstruation will come to her, then with the consultation of a doctor, I hope there is no harm in it. As for what some women do, preventing menstruation constantly, or when Ramadan enters in order to fast with the people, that is a clear error. As for answering this woman's question, as long as the blood she saw is not menstrual blood...
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1519- حكم استعمال حبوب منع الحيض في الحج وحكم من استعملها /سؤال على الهاتف 📞 — youtube.com
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