The Ruling on Fasting for a Pregnant Woman and a Woman with Post-Natal Bleeding
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Question:
One of the listening brothers sent a message and forgot to mention his name in it. He asks a question about the fasting of a pregnant woman and a woman with post-natal bleeding: how is it? And is it obligatory for them to make up the missed fasts?
Answer:
A pregnant woman fasts like everyone else, except if fasting is difficult for her, in which case she breaks her fast and then makes it up afterwards. Likewise, a nursing woman fasts with the people; if fasting is difficult for her, she breaks her fast and then makes it up, just like a sick person.
As for a woman with post-natal bleeding, no. A woman with post-natal bleeding does not fast until she becomes pure. If she becomes pure, even if it is on the fortieth day, she fasts. If she becomes pure on the thirtieth or twentieth day, when she sees purity, she fasts, prays, and becomes lawful to her husband. If the blood continues with her, she does not pray, does not fast, and does not become lawful to her husband until the forty days are completed. When the forty days are completed, it is obligatory for her to take a full ritual bath, to pray, to fast, and to become lawful to her husband, even if she still has blood.
The duration of post-natal bleeding is forty days according to the majority of scholars and most of the people of knowledge. If the forty days have passed and she has not become pure, she takes a full ritual bath, prays, and fasts, and the blood with her is considered blood of corruption. She prays with it, fasts, and protects herself with cotton or the like. She performs the ablution for the time of every prayer; whenever the time enters, she performs the ablution, and that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. She also becomes lawful to her husband, except if the period comes. At the time of the usual menstrual period, she sits and does not pray or fast.
As for this blood with her from the post-natal bleeding, this is blood of corruption after the forty days have passed. She considers it corrupt blood, performs the ablution with it for every prayer, protects herself with cotton or the like, becomes lawful to her husband, and fasts, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
One of the listening brothers sent a message and forgot to mention his name in it. He asks a question about the fasting of a pregnant woman and a woman with post-natal bleeding: how is it? And is it obligatory for them to make up the missed fasts?
Answer:
A pregnant woman fasts like everyone else, except if fasting is difficult for her, in which case she breaks her fast and then makes it up afterwards. Likewise, a nursing woman fasts with the people; if fasting is difficult for her, she breaks her fast and then makes it up, just like a sick person.
As for a woman with post-natal bleeding, no. A woman with post-natal bleeding does not fast until she becomes pure. If she becomes pure, even if it is on the fortieth day, she fasts. If she becomes pure on the thirtieth or twentieth day, when she sees purity, she fasts, prays, and becomes lawful to her husband. If the blood continues with her, she does not pray, does not fast, and does not become lawful to her husband until the forty days are completed. When the forty days are completed, it is obligatory for her to take a full ritual bath, to pray, to fast, and to become lawful to her husband, even if she still has blood.
The duration of post-natal bleeding is forty days according to the majority of scholars and most of the people of knowledge. If the forty days have passed and she has not become pure, she takes a full ritual bath, prays, and fasts, and the blood with her is considered blood of corruption. She prays with it, fasts, and protects herself with cotton or the like. She performs the ablution for the time of every prayer; whenever the time enters, she performs the ablution, and that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. She also becomes lawful to her husband, except if the period comes. At the time of the usual menstrual period, she sits and does not pray or fast.
As for this blood with her from the post-natal bleeding, this is blood of corruption after the forty days have passed. She considers it corrupt blood, performs the ablution with it for every prayer, protects herself with cotton or the like, becomes lawful to her husband, and fasts, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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