Tawaf al-Ifadah before the Day of Sacrifice out of fear of menstruation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A woman who fears that she will menstruate, so she performed Tawaf al-Ifadah. He says: A woman who feared that menstruation would occur for her and that she would start menstruating, so she performed Tawaf al-Ifadah before the Day of Sacrifice. Is her action valid?
Answer:
It is not valid until its time has come. It is not valid. All women menstruate, and praise be to Allah. This is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam, even Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, menstruated. She menstruated while in the state of ihram for 'Umrah. So when time became tight for her, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to enter the state of ihram for Hajj and combine it with her 'Umrah, so she became a Qarinah. Praise be to Allah. If menstruation comes, she waits until it stops, then she takes a full ritual bath, then she performs her Hajj, meaning her Tawaf and Sa'y. She does what the pilgrim does; she performs all the acts of Hajj while she is a pilgrim: standing at 'Arafah, staying overnight at Muzdalifah, staying overnight at Mina, stoning the pillars. She does all of it while she is a pilgrim, except for the Tawaf, which she delays until she becomes pure, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Aishah to do. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A woman who fears that she will menstruate, so she performed Tawaf al-Ifadah. He says: A woman who feared that menstruation would occur for her and that she would start menstruating, so she performed Tawaf al-Ifadah before the Day of Sacrifice. Is her action valid?
Answer:
It is not valid until its time has come. It is not valid. All women menstruate, and praise be to Allah. This is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam, even Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, menstruated. She menstruated while in the state of ihram for 'Umrah. So when time became tight for her, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to enter the state of ihram for Hajj and combine it with her 'Umrah, so she became a Qarinah. Praise be to Allah. If menstruation comes, she waits until it stops, then she takes a full ritual bath, then she performs her Hajj, meaning her Tawaf and Sa'y. She does what the pilgrim does; she performs all the acts of Hajj while she is a pilgrim: standing at 'Arafah, staying overnight at Muzdalifah, staying overnight at Mina, stoning the pillars. She does all of it while she is a pilgrim, except for the Tawaf, which she delays until she becomes pure, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Aishah to do. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب هيئات السجود وكيف الهوي إليه — islamhouse.com (1:06:41)
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