A woman who has completed forty days of her post-natal bleeding period, then blood emerges from her after the forty days; what is the ruling? I hope for clarification and benefit.
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The questioner : This is a questioner who says: A woman who has completed forty days of her post-natal bleeding period, then blood emerges from her after the forty days; what is the ruling? I hope for clarification and benefit.
The Shaykh : Yes, the stronger position is that as long as the blood continues, it is obligatory for her to remain in a state of post-natal bleeding until she completes sixty days. If she completes sixty days and the blood continues, then whatever exceeds the sixty days, if it coincides with her custom—meaning her custom for menstruation—it is menstruation. If it does not coincide with her custom for menstruation, it is blood of corruption; she performs the full ritual bath, prays, and becomes lawful for her husband. If she becomes pure before the forty days, it is obligatory for her to perform the full ritual bath and pray, and it is permissible for her husband to have intercourse with her, even before the forty days, as long as she has become pure, because if prayer becomes lawful...
The Shaykh : Yes, the stronger position is that as long as the blood continues, it is obligatory for her to remain in a state of post-natal bleeding until she completes sixty days. If she completes sixty days and the blood continues, then whatever exceeds the sixty days, if it coincides with her custom—meaning her custom for menstruation—it is menstruation. If it does not coincide with her custom for menstruation, it is blood of corruption; she performs the full ritual bath, prays, and becomes lawful for her husband. If she becomes pure before the forty days, it is obligatory for her to perform the full ritual bath and pray, and it is permissible for her husband to have intercourse with her, even before the forty days, as long as she has become pure, because if prayer becomes lawful...