We said that one of the differences between menstruation and post-natal bleeding is that divorce is permissible during post-natal bleeding but not during menstruation. So when does the waiting period begin if the divorce occurs during menstruation?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you. Regarding the difference between menstruation and post-natal bleeding, divorce is permissible during post-natal bleeding but not during menstruation, because a woman is never free from a waiting period in any state.
The Shaykh : In which one?
The questioner : In post-natal bleeding.
The Shaykh : She does not start a new waiting period; rather, her waiting period begins from the time of the divorce, because menstruation and post-natal bleeding are not counted among the periods.
The questioner : Likewise, if divorce occurs during menstruation, it is not counted.
The Shaykh : It means she is given an additional waiting period, not that she waits for three menstruations; she will wait for only three menstruations.
The questioner : And also in menstruation...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : In menstruation as well...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no. If she had not been divorced during this menstruation, this menstruation of hers would have been part of her waiting period. No, my brother, you are mistaken. There is no doubt about this, because post-natal bleeding is not counted in the waiting period, meaning that from the moment he divorces her, her waiting period begins. But if he divorces her during menstruation, the menstruation in which the divorce occurred is not counted in the waiting period, because Allah has forbidden this.
The questioner : ... after this menstruation, three menstruations.
The Shaykh : No, how many menstruations? Three menstruations, excluding the one in which the divorce occurred.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Three menstruations, but post-natal bleeding has no effect at all.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is as if she is in a state of purity, as if she is in a state of purity, because if you read the verse, it becomes clear that divorce during post-natal bleeding is a divorce for the waiting period, because post-natal bleeding is not counted in the waiting period at all. Yes.
The questioner : Some people pray wearing a transparent garment.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The garment is transparent such that the skin shows through.
The Shaykh : It is necessary... we need to look at the conditions of the garment in which one prays.
The Shaykh : In which one?
The questioner : In post-natal bleeding.
The Shaykh : She does not start a new waiting period; rather, her waiting period begins from the time of the divorce, because menstruation and post-natal bleeding are not counted among the periods.
The questioner : Likewise, if divorce occurs during menstruation, it is not counted.
The Shaykh : It means she is given an additional waiting period, not that she waits for three menstruations; she will wait for only three menstruations.
The questioner : And also in menstruation...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : In menstruation as well...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no. If she had not been divorced during this menstruation, this menstruation of hers would have been part of her waiting period. No, my brother, you are mistaken. There is no doubt about this, because post-natal bleeding is not counted in the waiting period, meaning that from the moment he divorces her, her waiting period begins. But if he divorces her during menstruation, the menstruation in which the divorce occurred is not counted in the waiting period, because Allah has forbidden this.
The questioner : ... after this menstruation, three menstruations.
The Shaykh : No, how many menstruations? Three menstruations, excluding the one in which the divorce occurred.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Three menstruations, but post-natal bleeding has no effect at all.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is as if she is in a state of purity, as if she is in a state of purity, because if you read the verse
then divorce them during their waiting period
فطلقوهن لعدتهنThe questioner : Some people pray wearing a transparent garment.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The garment is transparent such that the skin shows through.
The Shaykh : It is necessary... we need to look at the conditions of the garment in which one prays.