The Exceeding of Menstruation Beyond the Custom and Its Effect on Tawaf
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The questioner:
The questioner says: My wife’s custom is seven days, but the blood has exceeded seven days. Now, regarding tawaf, if it exceeds seven days, does she take pills, then perform wudu and perform tawaf around the House, or is that not permissible?
The Shaykh:
The custom fluctuates and decreases; it may be seven, it may be eight, and it may be five. Do not hasten until you see the sign of purity, which is the white thread, either by the size of an egg or by moistening it with something like dates or other, and you see that there is nothing, meaning you see no trace or color.
Pills or something that stops the blood: if it is possible to obtain something that stops the blood, there is no harm. If the blood stops, whether by pills or by an injection, and the blood stops and she performs ghusl, she prays and performs tawaf. The one who is unable follows the decreasing custom; it may be that she is patient, then it remains with her for nine, ten, or eleven days. It may be that the custom is seven and it stops at five, or at four, and she sees purity, performs ghusl, prays, and fasts. Yes.
The questioner:
I say that this time we used pills to raise the water, and it did nothing but cause corruption.
The Shaykh:
Do not use them; remain until you leave them.
The questioner:
Is it considered blood of corruption or blood of menstruation?
The Shaykh:
It is menstruation; the pilgrim’s blood increases, meaning it increases and appears.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: My wife’s custom is seven days, but the blood has exceeded seven days. Now, regarding tawaf, if it exceeds seven days, does she take pills, then perform wudu and perform tawaf around the House, or is that not permissible?
The Shaykh:
The custom fluctuates and decreases; it may be seven, it may be eight, and it may be five. Do not hasten until you see the sign of purity, which is the white thread, either by the size of an egg or by moistening it with something like dates or other, and you see that there is nothing, meaning you see no trace or color.
Pills or something that stops the blood: if it is possible to obtain something that stops the blood, there is no harm. If the blood stops, whether by pills or by an injection, and the blood stops and she performs ghusl, she prays and performs tawaf. The one who is unable follows the decreasing custom; it may be that she is patient, then it remains with her for nine, ten, or eleven days. It may be that the custom is seven and it stops at five, or at four, and she sees purity, performs ghusl, prays, and fasts. Yes.
The questioner:
I say that this time we used pills to raise the water, and it did nothing but cause corruption.
The Shaykh:
Do not use them; remain until you leave them.
The questioner:
Is it considered blood of corruption or blood of menstruation?
The Shaykh:
It is menstruation; the pilgrim’s blood increases, meaning it increases and appears.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٦ — archive.org (9:33)
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