The woman performing 'Umrah menstruates before the group's departure
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The Shaykh:
Regarding the debt, pay it off and hasten, meaning pay off some of the debt and hasten. So if a person has a debt that becomes due in Ramadan, and he says to the creditor, "My brother, I am in need, hasten it for me in Sha'ban or Rajab, and reduce some of it for me," there is no harm in that.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. A woman asks: She is a lady who came to perform 'Umrah, and during her visit to al-Madinah, she started menstruating. She inquired there, and they informed her that she must take a full ritual bath, enter the state of ihram from her residence, travel with the group to Makkah, and wait until she is pure, then perform the rites of 'Umrah. However, the time for the group's departure arrived, and she had not yet become pure. What should she do?
The Shaykh:
She should wait, and by the dispensation, they should wait for her. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Safiyyah when she menstruated, "You are detained." By the dispensation, they should be patient and wait for her for a day or two for the sake of performing her 'Umrah. Or she can go with them and return when it is feasible for her to go with them, and then her mahram—her brother, husband, or father—brings her back. This is the position of the majority of scholars: either she stays or she departs and then returns. Some scholars hold that it is permissible for her to perform tawaf in her current state and complete her 'Umrah in her current state if she is compelled, such that she cannot stay and cannot return. This is a good opinion in cases of dire necessity, but the more preferable and safer course is to be patient or to return.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Until she returns, and it is not permissible to do so.
Regarding the debt, pay it off and hasten, meaning pay off some of the debt and hasten. So if a person has a debt that becomes due in Ramadan, and he says to the creditor, "My brother, I am in need, hasten it for me in Sha'ban or Rajab, and reduce some of it for me," there is no harm in that.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. A woman asks: She is a lady who came to perform 'Umrah, and during her visit to al-Madinah, she started menstruating. She inquired there, and they informed her that she must take a full ritual bath, enter the state of ihram from her residence, travel with the group to Makkah, and wait until she is pure, then perform the rites of 'Umrah. However, the time for the group's departure arrived, and she had not yet become pure. What should she do?
The Shaykh:
She should wait, and by the dispensation, they should wait for her. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Safiyyah when she menstruated, "You are detained." By the dispensation, they should be patient and wait for her for a day or two for the sake of performing her 'Umrah. Or she can go with them and return when it is feasible for her to go with them, and then her mahram—her brother, husband, or father—brings her back. This is the position of the majority of scholars: either she stays or she departs and then returns. Some scholars hold that it is permissible for her to perform tawaf in her current state and complete her 'Umrah in her current state if she is compelled, such that she cannot stay and cannot return. This is a good opinion in cases of dire necessity, but the more preferable and safer course is to be patient or to return.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Until she returns, and it is not permissible to do so.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٧ — archive.org (38:15)
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