The ruling on a woman fasting if she becomes pure from post-natal bleeding before forty days
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The questioner:
A woman became pure from her post-natal bleeding twenty days after giving birth, and this was during Ramadan. She wanted to fast. Is that valid, or must she complete forty days?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not permissible for her to break her fast. If the blood stops for her within the forty days, she should take a full ritual bath and fast. This is because there is no limit for the minimum or maximum duration of menstruation. Some women do not experience post-natal bleeding at all, while others have a small amount of blood for a few days and then it stops, and some reach forty days. However, the final limit for post-natal bleeding is forty days according to the majority of scholars. The final limit is forty days. If she reaches forty days and the blood has not stopped, she takes a full ritual bath and prays, and this blood is not post-natal bleeding; rather, it is bleeding from a wound.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
If it stops before forty days, she takes a full ritual bath and prays. If it returns to her, she sits (abstains from prayer). And what she fasted in the middle is valid. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
A woman became pure from her post-natal bleeding twenty days after giving birth, and this was during Ramadan. She wanted to fast. Is that valid, or must she complete forty days?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not permissible for her to break her fast. If the blood stops for her within the forty days, she should take a full ritual bath and fast. This is because there is no limit for the minimum or maximum duration of menstruation. Some women do not experience post-natal bleeding at all, while others have a small amount of blood for a few days and then it stops, and some reach forty days. However, the final limit for post-natal bleeding is forty days according to the majority of scholars. The final limit is forty days. If she reaches forty days and the blood has not stopped, she takes a full ritual bath and prays, and this blood is not post-natal bleeding; rather, it is bleeding from a wound.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
If it stops before forty days, she takes a full ritual bath and prays. If it returns to her, she sits (abstains from prayer). And what she fasted in the middle is valid. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب ما جاء في غش الرعية — islamhouse.com (1:22:40)
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