The ruling on a woman breaking her fast due to menstrual pain before the blood appears
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The questioner : A questioner says: A woman felt the pain of menstruation during the day in Ramadan, and it was said to her that if she felt that, even if it was before the blood appeared,
The Shaykh : What is this? A woman felt the pain of menstruation during the day in Ramadan, and it was said to her that if she felt that, even if it was before the blood appeared, there is no harm in her fasting, so when she felt that, she broke her fast,
The questioner : so when she felt that, she broke her fast, and it turned out for her that it was not menstrual pain, so what does she do? Does she fast, make up the day, or abstain?
The Shaykh : I say: I seek refuge in Allah from the fitnah (trial) of the misguiders who issue fatwas without knowledge, so this one who issued a fatwa to her issued it without knowledge.
And that is because menstruation is not considered until it comes out; mere pain in the belly is called menstruation, so she breaks her fast? Glory be to Allah! Some scholars hold that if menstruation moves, meaning if it causes belly pain, if it moves but does not come out and remains inside the vagina, they consider it like what has come out, and this is a weak opinion; this opinion is weak. The correct view is that a woman does not break her fast, or her fast is not invalidated, except by the visible emergence of menstruation. As long as it is merely that she felt it move but it did not come out, this has no effect. The evidence for this is that Umm Salim asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Is there a ghusl (full ritual bath) required for a woman if she has a wet dream?" He said: "Yes, if she sees the water." So the ruling is tied to seeing the water come out, and so it is with menstruation. Therefore, if a woman, before the sun sets, feels the pain of menstruation and the movement of menstruation, she feels it but it does not emerge from the vagina, then her fast is valid, because her fast is valid. Knowing that I have heard some women say that if menstruation comes out between the setting of the sun and the Maghrib prayer, the fast is invalid, and this rule is actually a rule that does not hold, yes.
Because if the sun sets and menstruation has not come to the woman, then her fast is valid, even if menstruation comes out a moment after sunset,
The Shaykh : What is this? A woman felt the pain of menstruation during the day in Ramadan, and it was said to her that if she felt that, even if it was before the blood appeared, there is no harm in her fasting, so when she felt that, she broke her fast,
The questioner : so when she felt that, she broke her fast, and it turned out for her that it was not menstrual pain, so what does she do? Does she fast, make up the day, or abstain?
The Shaykh : I say: I seek refuge in Allah from the fitnah (trial) of the misguiders who issue fatwas without knowledge, so this one who issued a fatwa to her issued it without knowledge.
And that is because menstruation is not considered until it comes out; mere pain in the belly is called menstruation, so she breaks her fast? Glory be to Allah! Some scholars hold that if menstruation moves, meaning if it causes belly pain, if it moves but does not come out and remains inside the vagina, they consider it like what has come out, and this is a weak opinion; this opinion is weak. The correct view is that a woman does not break her fast, or her fast is not invalidated, except by the visible emergence of menstruation. As long as it is merely that she felt it move but it did not come out, this has no effect. The evidence for this is that Umm Salim asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Is there a ghusl (full ritual bath) required for a woman if she has a wet dream?" He said: "Yes, if she sees the water." So the ruling is tied to seeing the water come out, and so it is with menstruation. Therefore, if a woman, before the sun sets, feels the pain of menstruation and the movement of menstruation, she feels it but it does not emerge from the vagina, then her fast is valid, because her fast is valid. Knowing that I have heard some women say that if menstruation comes out between the setting of the sun and the Maghrib prayer, the fast is invalid, and this rule is actually a rule that does not hold, yes.
Because if the sun sets and menstruation has not come to the woman, then her fast is valid, even if menstruation comes out a moment after sunset,
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اللقاءات الرمضانية لعام 1412هـ - 2 — binothaimeen.net (49:09)
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