She has another question in which she asks whether a woman with post-natal bleeding must sit for forty days without praying or fasting, or whether the criterion is the cessation of the blood from her, so that when it stops she purifies herself and prays?

The questioner : She has another question in which she asks whether a woman with post-natal bleeding must sit for forty days without praying or fasting, or whether the criterion is the cessation of the blood from her, so that when it stops she purifies herself and prays? And what is the minimum duration for purity?

The Shaykh : A woman with post-natal bleeding does not have a limited time; rather, as long as the blood is present, she sits and does not pray or fast, and her husband does not have intercourse with her. If she sees purity, even before the forty days, even in ten days or five days, then she prays and fasts, and her husband may have intercourse with her, and there is no blame on her in that. The important thing is that post-natal bleeding is a tangible matter, and the rulings depend on its presence or absence. So whenever it is present, its rulings are established, and whenever she purifies herself from it, she is released from its rulings.

The questioner : This is a message from the sister Samiyah from Dammam.