The Fajr prayer for a woman whose labor has begun
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Question:
A questioner says: A pregnant woman began experiencing labor pains one hour before the Fajr prayer, and the water began to leak, but she did not give birth until four hours later. During this period, she was unable to pray the Fajr prayer because she was in the hospital and in pain until she delivered.
Answer:
She owes no prayer. This began with the labor; this is considered post-natal bleeding. These things are connected to the birth, so this is considered post-natal bleeding. A woman with post-natal bleeding is like a menstruating woman; she does not pray.
A questioner says: A pregnant woman began experiencing labor pains one hour before the Fajr prayer, and the water began to leak, but she did not give birth until four hours later. During this period, she was unable to pray the Fajr prayer because she was in the hospital and in pain until she delivered.
Answer:
She owes no prayer. This began with the labor; this is considered post-natal bleeding. These things are connected to the birth, so this is considered post-natal bleeding. A woman with post-natal bleeding is like a menstruating woman; she does not pray.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الحجر على المدين وبيع ماله في قضاء دينه — islamhouse.com (1:05:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.