Determining the duration of post-natal bleeding as forty days
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is determining the duration of post-natal bleeding as forty days a correct legal determination?
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is evidence for it that it is forty days, unless the post-natal bleeding stops before that. As long as it continues, it is until forty days. When forty days are completed, she takes a full ritual bath, even if the blood has not stopped. She takes a full ritual bath and fasts and prays. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If I want to invite a disbeliever.
The Shaykh:
There is a report from 'Aishah that she said: There is no post-natal bleeding after forty days. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is determining the duration of post-natal bleeding as forty days a correct legal determination?
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is evidence for it that it is forty days, unless the post-natal bleeding stops before that. As long as it continues, it is until forty days. When forty days are completed, she takes a full ritual bath, even if the blood has not stopped. She takes a full ritual bath and fasts and prays. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If I want to invite a disbeliever.
The Shaykh:
There is a report from 'Aishah that she said: There is no post-natal bleeding after forty days. Yes.
Source
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