The Shari'ah Duration of Post-Natal Bleeding
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Question:
And finally, our sister asks about the Shari'ah duration of post-natal bleeding? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The duration of post-natal bleeding is forty days; this is its maximum according to the majority of the scholars of knowledge. More than one scholar has reported this, including Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), the author of al-Mughni, and others. The maximum duration of post-natal bleeding is forty days. Some scholars of knowledge said fifty, and some said sixty, but these are weak opinions because they contradict the evidence. It is established from the hadith of Umm Salama that "the woman with post-natal bleeding used to sit for forty days in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)," meaning: the maximum she would sit, the most she would sit. This is the ruling upon which the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction) based their fatwa: that she sits for forty days, unless she sees purity before that. If she sees purity while she is in the twentieth or thirtieth day, she performs the full ritual bath, prays, fasts, and becomes lawful to her husband. But if the blood continues with her, she remains for forty days. When the forty days are completed, she performs the full ritual bath and prays, even if she has blood, and becomes lawful to her husband, unless the blood coincides with the occurrence of menstruation; in that case, she sits and does not fast or pray during the time of menstruation.
As for when the excess beyond forty days does not coincide with the time of menstruation, she performs the full ritual bath, prays, and fasts, even if she has blood, because it is blood of corruption, not blood of post-natal bleeding. This is the correct position upon which most scholars of knowledge are, and it is what came from the Companions and by which the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction) issued fatwas. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
And finally, our sister asks about the Shari'ah duration of post-natal bleeding? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The duration of post-natal bleeding is forty days; this is its maximum according to the majority of the scholars of knowledge. More than one scholar has reported this, including Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), the author of al-Mughni, and others. The maximum duration of post-natal bleeding is forty days. Some scholars of knowledge said fifty, and some said sixty, but these are weak opinions because they contradict the evidence. It is established from the hadith of Umm Salama that "the woman with post-natal bleeding used to sit for forty days in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)," meaning: the maximum she would sit, the most she would sit. This is the ruling upon which the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction) based their fatwa: that she sits for forty days, unless she sees purity before that. If she sees purity while she is in the twentieth or thirtieth day, she performs the full ritual bath, prays, fasts, and becomes lawful to her husband. But if the blood continues with her, she remains for forty days. When the forty days are completed, she performs the full ritual bath and prays, even if she has blood, and becomes lawful to her husband, unless the blood coincides with the occurrence of menstruation; in that case, she sits and does not fast or pray during the time of menstruation.
As for when the excess beyond forty days does not coincide with the time of menstruation, she performs the full ritual bath, prays, and fasts, even if she has blood, because it is blood of corruption, not blood of post-natal bleeding. This is the correct position upon which most scholars of knowledge are, and it is what came from the Companions and by which the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction) issued fatwas. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
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