The ruling on the fasting of a woman in the postpartum period who is uncertain about her bleeding
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Question:
May Allah reward you and benefit through you. A woman asks: She gave birth to a child, and the postpartum bleeding continued with her for more than forty days. Then, in her first menstrual cycle after the postpartum bleeding, which occurred in Ramadan, the blood continued and did not stop. She says that she is fasting because she doubts that what is coming out of her is bleeding from an injury, not menstrual blood. What is the ruling? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This requires knowing the nature of the blood. If it is bleeding from an injury, she may fast, provided that fasting does not harm her; she should fast. However, if it is menstruation or postpartum bleeding, she does not fast, because a menstruating woman does not fast, and likewise a woman in the postpartum period does not fast. Her fasting is not valid; if she fasts, her fast is not valid. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you and benefit through you. A woman asks: She gave birth to a child, and the postpartum bleeding continued with her for more than forty days. Then, in her first menstrual cycle after the postpartum bleeding, which occurred in Ramadan, the blood continued and did not stop. She says that she is fasting because she doubts that what is coming out of her is bleeding from an injury, not menstrual blood. What is the ruling? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This requires knowing the nature of the blood. If it is bleeding from an injury, she may fast, provided that fasting does not harm her; she should fast. However, if it is menstruation or postpartum bleeding, she does not fast, because a menstruating woman does not fast, and likewise a woman in the postpartum period does not fast. Her fasting is not valid; if she fasts, her fast is not valid. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7587 — youtube.com (1:06)
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