What is the ruling on the fasting and prayer of a woman who experiences bleeding other than during her menstrual days?

The questioner : The questioner says: A woman experienced a large amount of bleeding other than during her menstrual days, and it continued with her. She asked a doctor, and he said it is possible that a clot or a piece of the fetus had come out of her, and the blood continued to flow. Does she fast and pray while the blood is present, or not? Knowing that if there is a suspicion of pregnancy, the pregnancy does not exceed one month. Is this considered post-natal bleeding along with the blood she is experiencing?

The Shaykh : First, I advise you, my brother, that if the question is this long, it is a lecture. This is a lecture, and people do not follow you. Leave this, and I will say to the brothers who have such a question: First, this is a specific question about a woman who experienced irregular non-menstrual bleeding, meaning a woman among hundreds of women. So I ask the brothers who have such a question to ask me about it in a similar manner after the lesson. Yes, in any case, since this woman’s case is before us, we must answer it. If this woman is pregnant, then this blood is of no account; she prays and fasts, and her fast is valid and her prayer is valid. If she is not pregnant, then she is a woman with irregular non-menstrual bleeding; she sits out her usual period, and when the duration of her usual period ends, she performs the full ritual bath and prays and fasts. If she is pregnant and a child comes out of her, then the formation of the fetus and the formation of the human being in the mother’s womb occurs from eighty days onward. That means, in less than eighty days of pregnancy, there is no formation. If it exceeds eighty days, formation may be present. If formation is present, then the blood is post-natal bleeding; otherwise, it is corrupt blood that has no effect.