Clarification that irregular bleeding may be continuous with menstruation without an interval between them
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The questioner : Regarding menstruation and irregular bleeding, the irregular bleeding is what it is, as I understood, when it occurs after purity.
The Shaykh : After.
The questioner : Purity from menstruation.
The Shaykh : Not purity from menstruation, but the end of the menstrual period.
The questioner : The end, meaning.
The Shaykh : Because they may be continuous.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, the blood may continue with her, and the menstruating woman does not become pure. Suppose her custom is seven days or six days, but the blood continues for ten days or twenty days. Here, it becomes menstruation and it becomes irregular bleeding; menstrual blood and irregular bleeding. This is connected to that; there is no difference, there is no interval. So what distinguishes this from that? Her custom. How long is her custom? Six days. The six days have passed, and the days after that, with the blood continuing, are irregular bleeding. But it is possible that after she became pure and saw the white discharge, which is purity in the Shari'ah, or as the common people call it purity, she may see blood after two, three, or four days. This would also be irregular bleeding. So my point is that an interval is not a condition. The blood of menstruation may be connected to the blood of irregular bleeding for a long period. It has come in the authentic Sunnah that a woman from the noble Companions, whose name was Fatimah bint Abi Jabish, suffered from irregular bleeding for two years.
The questioner : Continuous.
The Shaykh : And a group of Muslims, and Islam was new to them, and the rulings were coming one after another, not like our situation now where we received it as a ready-made package. So, thank you, this apparently did not reach her ears in the same detail that we, by the grace of receiving the Shari'ah as I mentioned earlier, received as a single package. It was not in our time that the Shari'ah was received as a single package. She did not know anything called menstrual blood and something called irregular bleeding. For two years, she did not pray, thinking this was blood and this blood was irregular bleeding. Then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) inspired her to go to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to complain of her condition. He said to her (peace and blessings be upon him):, did you understand how?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So for two years she was continuously suffering from irregular bleeding. Therefore, there is no difference between the blood of irregular bleeding being connected to the blood of menstruation or occurring after purity. This is called irregular bleeding. So what is your question?
The Shaykh : After.
The questioner : Purity from menstruation.
The Shaykh : Not purity from menstruation, but the end of the menstrual period.
The questioner : The end, meaning.
The Shaykh : Because they may be continuous.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, the blood may continue with her, and the menstruating woman does not become pure. Suppose her custom is seven days or six days, but the blood continues for ten days or twenty days. Here, it becomes menstruation and it becomes irregular bleeding; menstrual blood and irregular bleeding. This is connected to that; there is no difference, there is no interval. So what distinguishes this from that? Her custom. How long is her custom? Six days. The six days have passed, and the days after that, with the blood continuing, are irregular bleeding. But it is possible that after she became pure and saw the white discharge, which is purity in the Shari'ah, or as the common people call it purity, she may see blood after two, three, or four days. This would also be irregular bleeding. So my point is that an interval is not a condition. The blood of menstruation may be connected to the blood of irregular bleeding for a long period. It has come in the authentic Sunnah that a woman from the noble Companions, whose name was Fatimah bint Abi Jabish, suffered from irregular bleeding for two years.
The questioner : Continuous.
The Shaykh : And a group of Muslims, and Islam was new to them, and the rulings were coming one after another, not like our situation now where we received it as a ready-made package. So, thank you, this apparently did not reach her ears in the same detail that we, by the grace of receiving the Shari'ah as I mentioned earlier, received as a single package. It was not in our time that the Shari'ah was received as a single package. She did not know anything called menstrual blood and something called irregular bleeding. For two years, she did not pray, thinking this was blood and this blood was irregular bleeding. Then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) inspired her to go to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to complain of her condition. He said to her (peace and blessings be upon him):
It is only a discharge; so hold back the number of days on which you used to menstruate, and then for the rest, perform the ablution for every prayer
إنما هو عرق ؛ فأمسكي عدَّة الأيام التي كنت تحيضين فيها ، ثم الباقي تتوضَّئين لكلِّ صلاةThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So for two years she was continuously suffering from irregular bleeding. Therefore, there is no difference between the blood of irregular bleeding being connected to the blood of menstruation or occurring after purity. This is called irregular bleeding. So what is your question?
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