The Ruling on Using Pills to Prevent Menstruation in Ramadan
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Question : A woman says that she wants to fast the blessed month of Ramadan, if Allah wills. Is it permissible for her to use pills that prevent these monthly periods so that nothing enters her during Ramadan? Please inform us, may Allah bless you.
Answer : We say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The overzealous are ruined, the overzealous are ruined, the overzealous are ruined.” The woman who menstruates does so by the will of Allah, and it is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once entered upon the Mother of the Believers, Aisha, while she was weeping during the Farewell Pilgrimage. He asked her, and she told him that she was menstruating. He said, “This is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam.” If Allah has decreed this for the daughters of Adam, let the woman be content with what Allah has decreed. She should not try to prevent this menstruation.
Because attempting to prevent it harms the body without a doubt. Some doctors have written to me about the harms of these pills, listing more than fifteen harms. To the uterus, to the nerves, to the blood, and he mentioned many other things.
So we tell the woman: do not eat anything. Let the body remain in its natural state. And praise be to Allah, for what is not fasted in Ramadan is fasted after it. Likewise, regarding prayer, she abstained from prayer by the command of her Lord. So she will be rewarded for obeying the command of Allah, because she left the prayer in obedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Answer : We say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The overzealous are ruined, the overzealous are ruined, the overzealous are ruined.” The woman who menstruates does so by the will of Allah, and it is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once entered upon the Mother of the Believers, Aisha, while she was weeping during the Farewell Pilgrimage. He asked her, and she told him that she was menstruating. He said, “This is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam.” If Allah has decreed this for the daughters of Adam, let the woman be content with what Allah has decreed. She should not try to prevent this menstruation.
Because attempting to prevent it harms the body without a doubt. Some doctors have written to me about the harms of these pills, listing more than fifteen harms. To the uterus, to the nerves, to the blood, and he mentioned many other things.
So we tell the woman: do not eat anything. Let the body remain in its natural state. And praise be to Allah, for what is not fasted in Ramadan is fasted after it. Likewise, regarding prayer, she abstained from prayer by the command of her Lord. So she will be rewarded for obeying the command of Allah, because she left the prayer in obedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
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ابن العثيمين - جلسة رمضانية — archive.org (10:22)
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