Is it permissible for a woman to change her clothes after becoming pure from menstruation?
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Question:
If a woman becomes pure from her monthly period, does she have to take a full ritual bath and change her clothes, or does she not change her clothes?
Please inform us of this.
Answer:
When a woman becomes pure from her menstruation or post-natal bleeding, it is obligatory for her to take a full ritual bath according to all scholars, as Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Surat al-Baqarah:222]. Therefore, purification is necessary; she must not pray, and her husband must not approach her, until she takes a full ritual bath.
As for the clothes, if blood comes to them, only the part that the blood touched is washed, and the clothes are pure, and her sweat is pure. However, if something from her clothes is touched by some blood, the place of the blood is washed; as Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed us: that they used to wash the parts of their clothes that the blood touched.
The conclusion is: the clothes of a woman who menstruated in them, or had post-natal bleeding in them, are pure, and it does not harm her that she sweats in them, or sleeps in them, unless blood touches them. Whatever the blood touched is washed from them; any spot that the blood touched is washed. And if she washes the entire garment, there is nothing wrong with it. But only what the blood touched becomes ritually impure. So if she washes the spots of blood, that is sufficient. And if she washes the entire garment, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
If a woman becomes pure from her monthly period, does she have to take a full ritual bath and change her clothes, or does she not change her clothes?
Please inform us of this.
Answer:
When a woman becomes pure from her menstruation or post-natal bleeding, it is obligatory for her to take a full ritual bath according to all scholars, as Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And they ask you about menstruation. Say, "It is harm, so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where Allah has ordained for you.
وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ وَلا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّى يَطْهُرْنَ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُAs for the clothes, if blood comes to them, only the part that the blood touched is washed, and the clothes are pure, and her sweat is pure. However, if something from her clothes is touched by some blood, the place of the blood is washed; as Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed us: that they used to wash the parts of their clothes that the blood touched.
The conclusion is: the clothes of a woman who menstruated in them, or had post-natal bleeding in them, are pure, and it does not harm her that she sweats in them, or sleeps in them, unless blood touches them. Whatever the blood touched is washed from them; any spot that the blood touched is washed. And if she washes the entire garment, there is nothing wrong with it. But only what the blood touched becomes ritually impure. So if she washes the spots of blood, that is sufficient. And if she washes the entire garment, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source
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