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The ruling on using period-delay pills in Ramadan?

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Question : May Allah bless you. This questioner has another point. She says that some women use period-delay pills so that they can pray the tarawih prayer and fast. What is your guidance, Shaykh Muhammad?

Answer : Our guidance is that a woman should not use period-delay pills in order to fast in Ramadan and stand in night prayer, because this goes against the nature with which Allah created women, regarding the discharge of this blood.
Therefore, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Aisha while she was crying and she was in the state of ihram for 'Umrah, the Farewell Pilgrimage, he asked her what was the matter, or words to that effect. She told him that she had started menstruating. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
This is what Allah has ordained for all the daughters, of Adamإن هذا شيء كتبه الله على بنات آدم،
Sahih Muslim 1211i
It is a natural matter. Allah the Mighty and Majestic has decreed it as divine decree and destiny for the daughters of Adam.
So a woman should not try to prevent this nature that Allah the Exalted has decreed for the daughters of Adam. Moreover, there is no doubt that retaining the menstrual blood while it is due to come out is harmful to the body.
The body is prepared to discharge this blood, so if it is retained, there must be what is called a reaction, which may have a bad effect on the woman, even in the long term. Also, it has reached me from reliable doctors that these pills are harmful, harmful to the uterus, and they may cause harm to children in the future. They are born deformed.
Therefore, the birth of deformed children has become common in this era due to the widespread use of these pills. If a woman breaks her fast during menstruation and refrains from prayer, she does so as an act of worship to Allah the Exalted and obedience to Him. Because she...
...in the state of purity, she is commanded to fast, so she fasts, and to pray, so she prays. And in the state of menstruation and post-natal bleeding, she is commanded to refrain from both, so she refrains. Thus, she is obedient to her Lord in both states. I see that a woman should avoid this, meaning the use of period-delay pills, and leave the matter to its natural course and divine decree. And praise be to Allah, it is easy. It does not cause harm. In our time, everything is available. Cooling of homes is available, cooling of water is available, riding to relieve oneself is available. Everything is easy, and praise be to Allah. Thank you, Honorable Shaykh Muhammad, for...
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1193- حكم استعمال حبوب منع الدورة في رمضان؟ /سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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