If a woman's post-natal bleeding stops before forty days, is it permissible for her to perform Hajj and circumambulate the House?

The questioner : Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.

The questioner : I am experiencing post-natal bleeding. Yes. I have ten days left, meaning. Ha. I have ten days left. Yes. Post-natal bleeding.

The Shaykh : Ten days, yes, that is right.

The questioner : I want to perform Hajj this year, the obligatory Hajj. Yes. So, if the blood stops before forty days, am I able to circumambulate the House?

The Shaykh : If the blood stops before forty days, take a full ritual bath, pray, and circumambulate.

The questioner : Meaning, if Allah wills, one is not required to wait for the forty days. One is not required to wait for the forty days.

The Shaykh : One waits until she is purified, yes, one waits until she is purified; is it necessary to wait forty days?

The questioner : Even if it is before forty days.

The Shaykh : If a woman becomes pure from post-natal bleeding, even if it is for ten days, she must pray.

The questioner : Okay, and what is the sign of purity? What is the sign of purity? What is the sign of purity? What is the sign that a woman knows she has been purified?

The Shaykh : The sign of purity, which women know, is the emergence of the white fluid; this is a sign of purity.