The ruling on mocking the rulings of menstruation and post-natal bleeding
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your view of one who belittles the knowledge of the rulings of menstruation and says, "The knowledge of menstruation and post-natal bleeding is a mockery of it"?
Answer:
This is apostasy. The one who mocks any of the rulings of the Shari'ah is an apostate, whether it is the rulings of menstruation, the rulings of post-natal bleeding, or the rulings of ritual purity, because he is mocking the Shari'ah, and thus he becomes an apostate, may Allah protect us from that. Among those who do this are people who insult the scholars of the Muslims by calling them "scholars of menstruation and post-natal bleeding." This is from the speech of the Khawarij or the Mu'tazilah in the early times, and these people have inherited it. So this speech is not permissible; it is a mockery of the Shari'ah of Allah the Mighty and Majestic and of the rulings of Allah. Allah the Exalted and Majestic took upon Himself the answer regarding this:[Al-Baqarah 2:222] [Al-Baqarah 2:222] meaning you are mocking the Qur'an. The Qur'an is the speech of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and it explicitly mentions menstruation and its rulings.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your view of one who belittles the knowledge of the rulings of menstruation and says, "The knowledge of menstruation and post-natal bleeding is a mockery of it"?
Answer:
This is apostasy. The one who mocks any of the rulings of the Shari'ah is an apostate, whether it is the rulings of menstruation, the rulings of post-natal bleeding, or the rulings of ritual purity, because he is mocking the Shari'ah, and thus he becomes an apostate, may Allah protect us from that. Among those who do this are people who insult the scholars of the Muslims by calling them "scholars of menstruation and post-natal bleeding." This is from the speech of the Khawarij or the Mu'tazilah in the early times, and these people have inherited it. So this speech is not permissible; it is a mockery of the Shari'ah of Allah the Mighty and Majestic and of the rulings of Allah. Allah the Exalted and Majestic took upon Himself the answer regarding this:
And they ask you about menstruation. Say, "It is harm, so keep away from wives during menstruation
وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِAnd do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where Allah has ordained for you.
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَطْهُرْنَ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 010 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطهارة / الحيض / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:15)
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