What is the ruling on the fluid that comes from a pregnant woman before delivery?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. It is well known that before delivery, some fluid comes from the woman. Does the discharge of this fluid obligate her to leave off the prayer, especially if her delivery is...
The Shaykh : ...obligates, obligates.
The questioner : ...obligate her to leave off the prayer, especially if her delivery is delayed by a day or two?
The Shaykh : The fluids that come from a pregnant woman are nothing; they have no effect, except that they break the ablution, unless they are continuous. If they are continuous, then their ruling is the ruling of incontinence. Even if there is a contraction and nothing comes out, and no blood comes out, this fluid that is discharged does not prevent prayer or anything else. For this reason, the scholars said: "Post-natal bleeding is the blood that comes out with the delivery, or before it by two or three days with the contractions". But without contractions, it is nothing, even if it is blood. The summary now is that the liquid fluid that comes out with the contractions before delivery is nothing, meaning its ruling is not the ruling of post-natal bleeding. And the blood that comes out before delivery without contractions is nothing, meaning its ruling is not the ruling of post-natal bleeding. Rather, what has the ruling of post-natal bleeding is the blood that comes out, what? With the contractions, before delivery by two or three days. Yes.
The Shaykh : ...obligates, obligates.
The questioner : ...obligate her to leave off the prayer, especially if her delivery is delayed by a day or two?
The Shaykh : The fluids that come from a pregnant woman are nothing; they have no effect, except that they break the ablution, unless they are continuous. If they are continuous, then their ruling is the ruling of incontinence. Even if there is a contraction and nothing comes out, and no blood comes out, this fluid that is discharged does not prevent prayer or anything else. For this reason, the scholars said: "Post-natal bleeding is the blood that comes out with the delivery, or before it by two or three days with the contractions". But without contractions, it is nothing, even if it is blood. The summary now is that the liquid fluid that comes out with the contractions before delivery is nothing, meaning its ruling is not the ruling of post-natal bleeding. And the blood that comes out before delivery without contractions is nothing, meaning its ruling is not the ruling of post-natal bleeding. Rather, what has the ruling of post-natal bleeding is the blood that comes out, what? With the contractions, before delivery by two or three days. Yes.