A woman gave birth forty-seven days ago and blood is still coming from her. What is the ruling on this blood, and what is the ruling on her prayer and fasting?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. A questioner says that she gave birth forty-seven days ago and blood is still coming from her. What is the ruling on this blood, and what is the ruling on her prayer and fasting?
The Shaykh : Yes, whatever exceeds forty days: if it coincides with her custom, meaning her custom for menstruation, then the excess is menstruation because it coincides with the custom. If it does not coincide with the custom, the scholars differed on it:
Some of them said: It is corrupt blood, and she does not leave off prayer or fasting because of it, and it is obligatory for her, once the forty days are complete, to perform the full ritual bath, pray, and fast.
And some of them said: She remains in post-natal bleeding until sixty days. This is what we issue rulings on: as long as the blood is on a single pattern and has not changed, she remains in post-natal bleeding until sixty days. And whatever exceeds sixty days: if it coincides with the custom, it is menstruation; if it does not coincide with it, she prays and fasts in it, and there is no blame on her. Based on this, the woman who is forty-seven days postpartum, according to what we have chosen, her blood exceeding forty days is post-natal bleeding; she does not pray or fast until she becomes pure or reaches sixty days.
The Shaykh : Yes, whatever exceeds forty days: if it coincides with her custom, meaning her custom for menstruation, then the excess is menstruation because it coincides with the custom. If it does not coincide with the custom, the scholars differed on it:
Some of them said: It is corrupt blood, and she does not leave off prayer or fasting because of it, and it is obligatory for her, once the forty days are complete, to perform the full ritual bath, pray, and fast.
And some of them said: She remains in post-natal bleeding until sixty days. This is what we issue rulings on: as long as the blood is on a single pattern and has not changed, she remains in post-natal bleeding until sixty days. And whatever exceeds sixty days: if it coincides with the custom, it is menstruation; if it does not coincide with it, she prays and fasts in it, and there is no blame on her. Based on this, the woman who is forty-seven days postpartum, according to what we have chosen, her blood exceeding forty days is post-natal bleeding; she does not pray or fast until she becomes pure or reaches sixty days.