A woman whose bleeding has stopped, but when she inserts cotton into her vagina, yellow or brown fluid comes out with it; is she considered pure and should she perform the full ritual bath and pray, or has she not become pure?
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The questioner : The first question: When the flow of menstrual blood from a woman stops, but if she inserts cotton, it comes out brown or yellow, does this mean she has not become pure, or should she perform the full ritual bath and pray, especially since the blood has stopped for a day or two?
The Shaykh : Is the next question separate from this one?
The questioner : Disconnected.
The Shaykh : Many women do not know the difference between purity and menstruation, and as it is said, things are made clear by their opposites. If a woman knows when she becomes pure, then she knows when she is obligated to pray, or when she is not obligated to pray. First, she is not obligated to pack cotton in, but rather she must see a substance known among women called purity. It is known in the language of the Arabs in which Muhammad (peace be upon him) came as the white discharge. The white discharge is a fluid that pushes out the blood, the menstrual blood. Therefore, the woman is not required to burden herself by packing in cotton to see if any trace of blood remains or not, but rather she must be certain of the emergence of this white discharge. If the white discharge emerges, she has become pure, and then it is not upon her if she sees drops of blood or does not see them; she has become pure by seeing the white discharge. The situation you are asking about now must be corrected with this sound jurisprudence. We do not burden women to do what you mentioned in the question, but rather we command them, as a necessary obligation, to look for this white substance, known among women as purity in at least some countries, and known among the early Arabs—may Allah have mercy on you—as the white discharge. So if she places cotton on the outside and the white comes out on the cotton without changing the color of the cotton, then this is the white discharge, and that is material proof that she has become pure and her menstruation has ended.The questioner : The white comes out on the cotton without changing the color of the cotton, then this is the white discharge, and that is material proof that she has become pure and her menstruation has ended.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh : Is the next question separate from this one?
The questioner : Disconnected.
The Shaykh : Many women do not know the difference between purity and menstruation, and as it is said, things are made clear by their opposites. If a woman knows when she becomes pure, then she knows when she is obligated to pray, or when she is not obligated to pray. First, she is not obligated to pack cotton in, but rather she must see a substance known among women called purity. It is known in the language of the Arabs in which Muhammad (peace be upon him) came as the white discharge. The white discharge is a fluid that pushes out the blood, the menstrual blood. Therefore, the woman is not required to burden herself by packing in cotton to see if any trace of blood remains or not, but rather she must be certain of the emergence of this white discharge. If the white discharge emerges, she has become pure, and then it is not upon her if she sees drops of blood or does not see them; she has become pure by seeing the white discharge. The situation you are asking about now must be corrected with this sound jurisprudence. We do not burden women to do what you mentioned in the question, but rather we command them, as a necessary obligation, to look for this white substance, known among women as purity in at least some countries, and known among the early Arabs—may Allah have mercy on you—as the white discharge. So if she places cotton on the outside and the white comes out on the cotton without changing the color of the cotton, then this is the white discharge, and that is material proof that she has become pure and her menstruation has ended.The questioner : The white comes out on the cotton without changing the color of the cotton, then this is the white discharge, and that is material proof that she has become pure and her menstruation has ended.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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