What is the ruling on the continuation of yellowish and brownish discharge with menstruation, and what is the ruling on pills that prevent menstruation?
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The questioner : As for the first reason today, the questioner says: I will clarify my issue in detail for fear of confusion. Since seeing this a few years ago, I was confused for six days, and on the seventh day I saw the end of the flow and the cessation. I used to see a clot at the end of those days connected to the days of purity, but as I said, on the seventh day I saw purity. However, the problem is that the clot continued with me for another seven days or more, and last month it continued throughout the month without me seeing purity. In summary, the clot continues for almost the entire month, so sometimes I do not see the end of the flow until just before the next period.
The Shaykh : This is specific.
The questioner : And sometimes.
The Shaykh : That is enough, yes.
The questioner : And sometimes it stops.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And sometimes the flow comes after seconds. After seconds, yellowish discharge comes down, and this is my condition. Therefore, I have come to consider the days of menstruation to be the original seven days, and I leave the rest. What is the ruling on that? Even though previously, before this incident, I used to take a bath at the beginning of the seventh day, but now by choice I take a bath at the end of the seventh day and make up the prayers of the seventh day. Please advise us, you who are excused?
The Shaykh : This question, as you heard, is long and inconceivable. It is best for this woman to either contact the scholars here in person or call by phone to inquire about some of the matters involved. However, the general rule in this and similar cases is that yellowish and brownish discharge after purity is nothing, based on the statement of Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her): "We did not count yellowish or brownish discharge after purity as anything." Also, the general rule is that a woman should not hasten when she sees the blood stop until she sees the white cloth, as Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said to the women who came to her with the kurasf, meaning cotton: "Do not hasten until you see the white cloth."
Matters like these are delicate and difficult issues that are hidden from many scholars. Therefore, what a woman should do if she encounters such problems is to contact the person she wishes to ask for a ruling herself. On this occasion, I warn women with a severe warning against using pills that prevent menstruation, because these pills, as has been established for me by doctors I asked in the Eastern Region and doctors I asked in the Western Region, who are from Saudi Arabia, praise be to Allah, as well as doctors from our brothers assigned to this Kingdom in the Central Region, they are all in agreement that these pills are harmful. Some of them wrote to me the number of harms in them, and one wrote to me fourteen harms on a page. The greatest of these harms is that it is a cause of ulcers in the uterus; this is one. It is a cause of changes in the blood and its disturbance, and this is observed, and how many problems come from women because of it. It is a cause of deformity in future fetuses. The fetuses, meaning... we... the pregnancies, the fetus in the womb. If the female has not married, it becomes a cause for her of infertility, meaning she does not give birth. These are great harms. Then, a person with his intellect, even if he is not a doctor and does not know medicine, knows that preventing this natural matter for which Allah has set specific times is harmful, just as if you tried to prevent urine when it is blocked or stool when it is blocked, this is certainly harmful. Similarly, this natural blood that Allah has prescribed for the daughters of Adam, there is no doubt that attempting to prevent it from coming out at its time is harmful to the female. So I warn our women from taking these pills. I also want men to pay attention to this. In any case, if you see that you should consult doctors about this to clarify the matter for you, that is good. The important thing is that we do not play with this natural matter. A woman comes and says, "I will take the pills," why? So that I do not break my fast in Ramadan. How? So that you do not break your fast in Ramadan? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon Aisha while she was in ihram during the Farewell Pilgrimage. He entered upon her while she was crying, and he said to her: She said, "Yes." He said: Sahih Muslim 1211i Yes.
The Shaykh : This is specific.
The questioner : And sometimes.
The Shaykh : That is enough, yes.
The questioner : And sometimes it stops.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And sometimes the flow comes after seconds. After seconds, yellowish discharge comes down, and this is my condition. Therefore, I have come to consider the days of menstruation to be the original seven days, and I leave the rest. What is the ruling on that? Even though previously, before this incident, I used to take a bath at the beginning of the seventh day, but now by choice I take a bath at the end of the seventh day and make up the prayers of the seventh day. Please advise us, you who are excused?
The Shaykh : This question, as you heard, is long and inconceivable. It is best for this woman to either contact the scholars here in person or call by phone to inquire about some of the matters involved. However, the general rule in this and similar cases is that yellowish and brownish discharge after purity is nothing, based on the statement of Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her): "We did not count yellowish or brownish discharge after purity as anything." Also, the general rule is that a woman should not hasten when she sees the blood stop until she sees the white cloth, as Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said to the women who came to her with the kurasf, meaning cotton: "Do not hasten until you see the white cloth."
Matters like these are delicate and difficult issues that are hidden from many scholars. Therefore, what a woman should do if she encounters such problems is to contact the person she wishes to ask for a ruling herself. On this occasion, I warn women with a severe warning against using pills that prevent menstruation, because these pills, as has been established for me by doctors I asked in the Eastern Region and doctors I asked in the Western Region, who are from Saudi Arabia, praise be to Allah, as well as doctors from our brothers assigned to this Kingdom in the Central Region, they are all in agreement that these pills are harmful. Some of them wrote to me the number of harms in them, and one wrote to me fourteen harms on a page. The greatest of these harms is that it is a cause of ulcers in the uterus; this is one. It is a cause of changes in the blood and its disturbance, and this is observed, and how many problems come from women because of it. It is a cause of deformity in future fetuses. The fetuses, meaning... we... the pregnancies, the fetus in the womb. If the female has not married, it becomes a cause for her of infertility, meaning she does not give birth. These are great harms. Then, a person with his intellect, even if he is not a doctor and does not know medicine, knows that preventing this natural matter for which Allah has set specific times is harmful, just as if you tried to prevent urine when it is blocked or stool when it is blocked, this is certainly harmful. Similarly, this natural blood that Allah has prescribed for the daughters of Adam, there is no doubt that attempting to prevent it from coming out at its time is harmful to the female. So I warn our women from taking these pills. I also want men to pay attention to this. In any case, if you see that you should consult doctors about this to clarify the matter for you, that is good. The important thing is that we do not play with this natural matter. A woman comes and says, "I will take the pills," why? So that I do not break my fast in Ramadan. How? So that you do not break your fast in Ramadan? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon Aisha while she was in ihram during the Farewell Pilgrimage. He entered upon her while she was crying, and he said to her:
What is making you cry? Perhaps you have given birth?
ما يبكيك لعلك نفست؟This is what Allah has ordained for all the daughters, of Adam
إن هذا شيء كتبه الله على بنات آدم
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دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1407هـ - 18 — binothaimeen.net (12:23)
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