The ruling on the period in which a woman becomes pure while she was in doubt about her purity
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If the bleeding of a woman in post-natal bleeding stops after twenty days, and she sits for two or three days waiting, thinking that she is still in post-natal bleeding, and then it becomes clear to her that she has become pure and the bleeding has stopped, what is required of her regarding the three days in which no blood was present?
If she makes up the prayers, that is better. If she does not make them up, she owes nothing; because her leaving off the prayer is based on a principle, which is that she is in post-natal bleeding, so she is of the same kind as the woman who came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: (O Messenger of Allah! I have irregular bleeding that is severe and prevents me from praying.
), so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) guided her to sit for her usual period or to act according to the distinguishing signs, and he did not order her to make up the prayers she had been leaving off; because she was acting based on a principle,So we say about this woman: If she makes up the prayers, that is better. If she does not make them up, she owes nothing.
The questioner: And what is the ruling regarding fasting, for example, if this was during Ramadan?The Shaykh: Fasting must be made up in all cases.
The questioner: To clear her conscience, she makes it up, or did she not break her fast at all, O Shaykh? She did not fast?The questioner: She did not fast.
The Shaykh: She makes up the fast, because fasting is made up in all cases, but prayer is not made up during menstruation or post-natal bleeding.
The questioner: For the maximum duration, O Shaykh? What is the longest duration for post-natal bleeding?The Shaykh: The longest duration is sixty days, and there is no limit for the minimum,Meaning: If she did not bleed except for a day and a night, that is sufficient. Or a day is sufficient, or an hour is sufficient.
If she makes up the prayers, that is better. If she does not make them up, she owes nothing; because her leaving off the prayer is based on a principle, which is that she is in post-natal bleeding, so she is of the same kind as the woman who came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: (O Messenger of Allah! I have irregular bleeding that is severe and prevents me from praying.
), so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) guided her to sit for her usual period or to act according to the distinguishing signs, and he did not order her to make up the prayers she had been leaving off; because she was acting based on a principle,So we say about this woman: If she makes up the prayers, that is better. If she does not make them up, she owes nothing.
The questioner: And what is the ruling regarding fasting, for example, if this was during Ramadan?The Shaykh: Fasting must be made up in all cases.
The questioner: To clear her conscience, she makes it up, or did she not break her fast at all, O Shaykh? She did not fast?The questioner: She did not fast.
The Shaykh: She makes up the fast, because fasting is made up in all cases, but prayer is not made up during menstruation or post-natal bleeding.
The questioner: For the maximum duration, O Shaykh? What is the longest duration for post-natal bleeding?The Shaykh: The longest duration is sixty days, and there is no limit for the minimum,Meaning: If she did not bleed except for a day and a night, that is sufficient. Or a day is sufficient, or an hour is sufficient.