A woman took pills to prevent menstruation in order to complete the rites of Hajj, and before she performed the Tawaf of Ifadah, a drop of blood came from her.

The questioner : A woman wanted to perform Hajj, and her menstruation usually comes on the twenty-fifth of every month. At that time, she would be in the midst of the Hajj rites. So she used pills to delay menstruation, and she performed all the rites and did the Tawaf of Ifadah. On the morning of that day, which is the Day of Sacrifice, a drop came in the morning and a drop in the evening. Is her Tawaf valid, and is anything required of her?

The Shaykh : What is the ruling on this drop?
Wafi: Yes.

The Shaykh : What is its ruling?
Abu Layla : Stop, donkey.The Shaykh : At the obstacle.

The Shaykh : Yes, think about it well.
Wafi: A drop of blood came at the time of menstruation.

The Shaykh : What is its ruling?
The answer is that this is either menstrual blood or irregular bleeding. Menstrual blood is black and recognizable. If it is so, it means that what she feared has come to her.
Wafi: How can irregular bleeding come to her at the time of menstruation?

The Shaykh : At the time of Hajj?
Wafi: The time of menstruation.

The Shaykh : Menstruation, yes.
Wafi: And the days have not ended.

The Shaykh : No, but here the matter is different because of the pills. You said that she takes the pills to delay the time, and indeed the time was delayed. So, when the two drops came, we need to study them realistically. If they are menstrual blood, which is known to women, it means that the effectiveness of the pills was not sufficient, and that menstruation came to her, albeit late. If it is not black menstrual blood with a foul smell, then it is irregular bleeding.
Wafi: That is why I wanted to ask a doctor. I asked a doctor if these pills completely prevent the flow of blood. He said: Yes, they completely prevent the flow of blood. So I based my view on this that this drop of blood that came is not menstrual blood, because menstrual blood is completely prevented.

The Shaykh : This is not sound, my brother. One must look at the characteristics of the blood. Suppose now that after you asked the doctor, it became easy for you or for her to study the color and smell of the blood, and it was black and foul-smelling. Whose opinion would it be, the doctor’s or hers?
Wafi: Hers.

The Shaykh : That is it.
Wafi: Perhaps she was unable to distinguish, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : My brother, perhaps, perhaps. And perhaps she can distinguish, and that is what benefits us. We are now discussing how we act if we are surprised by such an incident.
The action is to study the characteristics of this blood before asking the doctor. If it is clear that this blood is menstrual blood, it means she is menstruating. If it is clear that it is irregular bleeding, it means she is one who has irregular bleeding. If we are in doubt, we refer to the doctor and he helps us.
Wafi: We were in doubt, so we referred to the doctor. That is, we were not sure from the woman whether it was menstrual blood or irregular bleeding.

The Shaykh : That is your statement that we were in doubt, which came at the end.
Wafi: But it came, and the absent one was present as if he had not been absent.

The Shaykh : What do you mean? Did she study that this is menstrual blood or not?
Wafi: Yes, and she is educated, meaning she studies the Shari'ah, reads in the books, knows menstruation from irregular bleeding, knows how to handle these matters. That is, O Shaykh, we want an answer: if it was menstrual blood, what does she do? Of course, if it is irregular bleeding, her Tawaf is valid. If it is menstrual blood, what does she do? And if we were in doubt, what does she do?
Al-Albani: Certainty is not removed by doubt. So if she is in a state of purity, she is in a state of purity and her Tawaf is valid. And if it is predominant in her mind that the blood is menstrual blood, she must wait until she becomes pure and then perform the Tawaf so that her Hajj is valid.
Wafi: Is waiting necessary?

The Shaykh : It is necessary.
Wafi: And if the caravan is going to move? That is, she is unable in any way.

The Shaykh : It is often said that this is the situation: if, God forbid, she broke [her leg], and the caravan wants to move, what does she do?
Wafi: They take a paper from the hospital stating that she is in the hospital now, and the caravan moves.

The Shaykh : What does this detail matter to us? The important thing is: what does it amount to? Does she delay or not?
Wafi: She delays.

The Shaykh : And the caravan moves?
Wafi: Yes.

The Shaykh : And so is the answer. The right of Allah is more deserving of being fulfilled.
Wafi: That means there is no answer, O Shaykh, if she is unable?

The Shaykh : There is [an answer] with some of your Shaykhs there.
Al-Halabi : If he is unable from the administrative side, meaning, for example, they prevented her and said you must travel, etc.?

The Shaykh : That is a different discussion. We are talking about choice. As for if they prevented her, that is another matter.

The questioner : In reality, caravans do not wait ten days.

Another questioner : If she wants to lag behind...

The Shaykh : But the prevention is from the state, the caravans...

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : Yes, the state does not allow many pilgrims to stay in Muzdalifah, and especially in Mina on the eighth day.

The questioner : The eighth day is the day of Muzdalifah.

The Shaykh : O Allah, Glorified are You, and by Your praise, I bear witness that there is no god but You, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
Abu Layla: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.