The period during which a woman is considered fertile
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the time span during which a woman can be fertile, one year or two?
The Shaykh:
As long as her health is normal and she is capable of giving birth, and no impediment from the known impediments prevents her, up to the age of menopause, or when she reaches fifty years of age. If she reaches fifty and her menstruation stops, she is called a postmenopausal woman (ayis), and those who have reached menopause are the postmenopausal women.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Pregnancy stops menstruation. As long as menstruation exists, pregnancy exists by the permission of Allah, and if menstruation stops, it stops.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the time span during which a woman can be fertile, one year or two?
The Shaykh:
As long as her health is normal and she is capable of giving birth, and no impediment from the known impediments prevents her, up to the age of menopause, or when she reaches fifty years of age. If she reaches fifty and her menstruation stops, she is called a postmenopausal woman (ayis), and those who have reached menopause are the postmenopausal women.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Pregnancy stops menstruation. As long as menstruation exists, pregnancy exists by the permission of Allah, and if menstruation stops, it stops.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 1 — islamhouse.com (40:05)
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