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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a woman who is caught by menstruation at the miqat or during Hajj and 'Umrah

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The questioner:
The questioner asks: What should a woman do if she experiences menstruation while at the miqat for Hajj or 'Umrah?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
When she is in the discussion, if she is in Hajj or 'Umrah, or after her presence in Makkah, because this happens often, the woman strives and may hide it from her family out of modesty and shyness, and she performs the 'Umrah while her monthly period is upon her.

The Shaykh:
If a woman is caught by menstruation at the miqat, or by post-natal bleeding at the miqat, or after the miqat, they understand, they understand that she is menstruating, they understand that she is in a state of post-natal bleeding. Menstruation and post-natal bleeding do not prevent entering the state of ihram from the miqat, nor do they invalidate the ihram if they occur during it; she remains in the state of ihram.
'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) once menstruated while in the state of ihram, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her:
So do what all the pilgrims do except that you do not perform the Tawaf round the Ka`ba till you are clean.افعلي ما يفعل الحاج غير أن لا تطوفي بالبيت حتى تطهري
Sahih al-Bukhari 305
. She delays the tawaf, the sa'y, and the shortening of the hair in 'Umrah or in Hajj; she delays that until she becomes pure and takes a bath. She delays the correct action, even if the correct action is delayed past the days of Tashriq, just as she became pure; then she takes a bath, performs tawaf, performs sa'y, and shortens her hair, and praise be to Allah, and this does not affect the validity. As for her being shy, there is no modesty in that; she should not be shy to say, "I am menstruating," "I am menstruating"; she should not be shy, for there is no defect in this; this is something for women, created by Allah for women, decreed by Allah, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam. This is the place of life. Yes.
Source دروس الحرم، الدرس الأول - تفسير — alfawzan.live (1:00:32)

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