Blood and Discharges from a Pregnant Woman
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Question:
A woman says: In the early months of pregnancy, a fluid comes out of me, and sometimes it is cloudy. Do I consider this fluid and the cloudiness to be istihadah (irregular non-menstrual bleeding) or not?
Answer:
For a pregnant woman, if she is carrying a fetus, then what comes out of her is considered as follows: if it is blood, it is treated as such; but if it is a fluid, it is considered one of the impure fluids that invalidate the wudu' (ablution for prayer). Therefore, she must clean herself (istinja') when something comes out of her, place something over the opening, then perform wudu' and pray. This does not prevent prayer, because a pregnant woman is not in a state of menstruation, and the blood that comes out of her is...
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
A woman says: In the early months of pregnancy, a fluid comes out of me, and sometimes it is cloudy. Do I consider this fluid and the cloudiness to be istihadah (irregular non-menstrual bleeding) or not?
Answer:
For a pregnant woman, if she is carrying a fetus, then what comes out of her is considered as follows: if it is blood, it is treated as such; but if it is a fluid, it is considered one of the impure fluids that invalidate the wudu' (ablution for prayer). Therefore, she must clean herself (istinja') when something comes out of her, place something over the opening, then perform wudu' and pray. This does not prevent prayer, because a pregnant woman is not in a state of menstruation, and the blood that comes out of her is...
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، اللقاء الأسبوعي-22 من 32-لفضيلة الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان -حفظه الله- مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:29)
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