She did not know of the pregnancy, and it miscarried before four months had completed without her knowledge
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Fatwa number ( 17250 )
Q. A woman was four months pregnant, and she breastfed her child without knowing she was pregnant. She experienced bleeding, went to the hospital, and they told her: she is pregnant
and the fetus will be miscarried. Upon examination, it was found that what was in her womb was only a placenta and no trace of the fetus, and they performed a cleaning for her. Is this considered post-natal bleeding or not? Note: The doctors mentioned that the fetus may have died in the first or second month. And she had taken an antibiotic that caused the death of the fetus, which she took while not knowing she was pregnant .
A : If the situation is as described in the question, then the woman mentioned does not have the ruling of post-natal bleeding, but rather the ruling of a woman with irregular non-menstrual bleeding. She prays and fasts, is lawful for her husband, and performs the ablution for the time of every prayer, and she protects herself with cotton or the like. She owes nothing regarding the fetus because it had not been formed. She must leave off prayer and fasting on the days of her known custom, and she must make up the obligatory prayers she missed, as well as the obligatory fasts. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q. A woman was four months pregnant, and she breastfed her child without knowing she was pregnant. She experienced bleeding, went to the hospital, and they told her: she is pregnant
and the fetus will be miscarried. Upon examination, it was found that what was in her womb was only a placenta and no trace of the fetus, and they performed a cleaning for her. Is this considered post-natal bleeding or not? Note: The doctors mentioned that the fetus may have died in the first or second month. And she had taken an antibiotic that caused the death of the fetus, which she took while not knowing she was pregnant .
A : If the situation is as described in the question, then the woman mentioned does not have the ruling of post-natal bleeding, but rather the ruling of a woman with irregular non-menstrual bleeding. She prays and fasts, is lawful for her husband, and performs the ablution for the time of every prayer, and she protects herself with cotton or the like. She owes nothing regarding the fetus because it had not been formed. She must leave off prayer and fasting on the days of her known custom, and she must make up the obligatory prayers she missed, as well as the obligatory fasts. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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