Is the duration of menstruation seven days?
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Question:
The questioner says: Is it true that the time for the custom is seven days, neither more nor less? And if she becomes pure before the seven days, does she pray, O Shaykh?
Answer:
Seven is not a limit for menstruation that increases or decreases; it may be seven, it may be eight, it may be five, and it may be three. The custom varies. However, a woman who is a beginner and has no previous custom menstruates for six days, or seven days if the blood continues with her. She observes six or seven days as the custom of her women, then she performs the full ritual bath.
As for the woman who has a custom, she follows her custom. The one whose custom is six, five, seven, eight, or ten remains with her custom. It is not determined by seven, nor by five, nor by seven, nor by eight, but according to the custom. Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Umm Habibah:Sunan Abi Dawud 279Sahih (Al-Albani) So if her custom is ten, she sits for ten.
And if her custom is three, she sits for three, and so on. And if she sees blood during the state of purity, this is blood of corruption, or yellowish or brownish discharge; this is blood of corruption. She performs the ablution for every prayer, and she proceeds according to her established custom: five, six, seven, eight, ten, less, or more, up to fifteen. The custom does not exceed fifteen according to the majority of the scholars.
So the result is: she stands with her custom. If the custom is five, she menstruates for five days. If her custom is seven, or her custom is eight, likewise, and so on. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: Is it true that the time for the custom is seven days, neither more nor less? And if she becomes pure before the seven days, does she pray, O Shaykh?
Answer:
Seven is not a limit for menstruation that increases or decreases; it may be seven, it may be eight, it may be five, and it may be three. The custom varies. However, a woman who is a beginner and has no previous custom menstruates for six days, or seven days if the blood continues with her. She observes six or seven days as the custom of her women, then she performs the full ritual bath.
As for the woman who has a custom, she follows her custom. The one whose custom is six, five, seven, eight, or ten remains with her custom. It is not determined by seven, nor by five, nor by seven, nor by eight, but according to the custom. Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Umm Habibah:
Keep away (from prayer) equal (to the length of time) that your menses prevented you. Then wash yourself.
امكثي قدر ما كانت تحبسك حيضتك، ثم اغتسليAnd if her custom is three, she sits for three, and so on. And if she sees blood during the state of purity, this is blood of corruption, or yellowish or brownish discharge; this is blood of corruption. She performs the ablution for every prayer, and she proceeds according to her established custom: five, six, seven, eight, ten, less, or more, up to fifteen. The custom does not exceed fifteen according to the majority of the scholars.
So the result is: she stands with her custom. If the custom is five, she menstruates for five days. If her custom is seven, or her custom is eight, likewise, and so on. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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