How does a woman distinguish between menstrual blood and other types of blood?
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The questioner : ... and so on. So what is your ruling, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh : You know that she is either accustomed to a regular cycle, in which case she follows her custom. As for distinguishing, that is for the woman whose custom has become irregular. And if the matter is confused for you, how do you handle it?
The questioner : It means, in the words of Shaykh al-Islam, he said: "The one who is accustomed and capable of distinguishing."
The Shaykh : Who is the one who is accustomed and capable? It is the one whose custom has become irregular, meaning she was originally accustomed to a regular cycle.
The questioner : Yes, and her custom has become irregular.
The Shaykh : Ah, and she returns to her custom.
The questioner : Yes, that is fine, O our Shaykh. I mean... if the custom, I mean distinguishing the custom, does not match the issue of the blood... one knows its beginning, I mean...?
The Shaykh : If she has a custom of a certain number of days and she is able to return to her custom, there is no need for her to look at the blood. But if she does not have a regular custom, here she returns to the blood and distinguishes it, as in the hadith, as you know.
The questioner : So, if she has a custom of a certain number of days, O our Shaykh, I quoted... if she does not have a regular custom, she returns to the blood.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : If she has a custom of a certain number of days.
The Shaykh : She returns to her days.
The questioner : She returns to her days.
The Shaykh : There is an explicit hadith regarding this.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : You know that she is either accustomed to a regular cycle, in which case she follows her custom. As for distinguishing, that is for the woman whose custom has become irregular. And if the matter is confused for you, how do you handle it?
The questioner : It means, in the words of Shaykh al-Islam, he said: "The one who is accustomed and capable of distinguishing."
The Shaykh : Who is the one who is accustomed and capable? It is the one whose custom has become irregular, meaning she was originally accustomed to a regular cycle.
The questioner : Yes, and her custom has become irregular.
The Shaykh : Ah, and she returns to her custom.
The questioner : Yes, that is fine, O our Shaykh. I mean... if the custom, I mean distinguishing the custom, does not match the issue of the blood... one knows its beginning, I mean...?
The Shaykh : If she has a custom of a certain number of days and she is able to return to her custom, there is no need for her to look at the blood. But if she does not have a regular custom, here she returns to the blood and distinguishes it, as in the hadith, as you know.
The questioner : So, if she has a custom of a certain number of days, O our Shaykh, I quoted... if she does not have a regular custom, she returns to the blood.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : If she has a custom of a certain number of days.
The Shaykh : She returns to her days.
The questioner : She returns to her days.
The Shaykh : There is an explicit hadith regarding this.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
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