Explanation of When a Woman Becomes Pure from Menstruation
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Question:
Another questioner asks: A woman has her monthly period for fifteen days. It lasts seven or eight days, during which black, foul-smelling menstrual blood is discharged. In the remaining days, it is yellow, predominantly red. Does the woman refrain from prayer for all fifteen days, or only for the seven days?
Answer:
There is no limit to the minimum or maximum duration of menstruation, according to the correct view. There is no limit to its maximum, nor to its minimum. If her custom is fifteen days, some of which is black, some yellow, and some red, she does not pray, does not fast, and her husband does not have intercourse with her during that time until she becomes pure. However, if she becomes pure from the blood, and then after the purity she experiences muddiness or yellowish discharge, there is no ruling based on this; muddiness and yellowish discharge carry no ruling and are not considered menstruation. Rather, she prays, fasts, and is lawful for her husband despite the yellowish discharge and muddiness. But if the yellowish discharge and muddiness are connected to the blood, with no purity in between, then this is menstruation; she does not pray in it, nor does she fast. As for if she becomes pure after seven, eight, or five days, for example, and then after the established purity she experiences yellowish discharge or muddiness, there is no ruling based on this. Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said:Bulugh al-Maram 143, meaning after she washes away her menstrual blood and has clear purity, and then afterwards muddiness or yellowish discharge appears, there is no ruling based on it. Rather, she prays in it, fasts, is lawful for her husband, and does what the woman with irregular bleeding does, such as performing ablution after the time for prayer enters, and protecting herself from this blood with cotton or the like, until it goes away.
Question : What requires her to perform the full ritual bath?
Answer: No, it is like urination.
Another questioner asks: A woman has her monthly period for fifteen days. It lasts seven or eight days, during which black, foul-smelling menstrual blood is discharged. In the remaining days, it is yellow, predominantly red. Does the woman refrain from prayer for all fifteen days, or only for the seven days?
Answer:
There is no limit to the minimum or maximum duration of menstruation, according to the correct view. There is no limit to its maximum, nor to its minimum. If her custom is fifteen days, some of which is black, some yellow, and some red, she does not pray, does not fast, and her husband does not have intercourse with her during that time until she becomes pure. However, if she becomes pure from the blood, and then after the purity she experiences muddiness or yellowish discharge, there is no ruling based on this; muddiness and yellowish discharge carry no ruling and are not considered menstruation. Rather, she prays, fasts, and is lawful for her husband despite the yellowish discharge and muddiness. But if the yellowish discharge and muddiness are connected to the blood, with no purity in between, then this is menstruation; she does not pray in it, nor does she fast. As for if she becomes pure after seven, eight, or five days, for example, and then after the established purity she experiences yellowish discharge or muddiness, there is no ruling based on this. Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said:
After we were pure, we did not consider the yellow or muddy discharge to be anything
كنا لا نعد الكدرة والصفرة بعد الطهر شيئًاQuestion : What requires her to perform the full ritual bath?
Answer: No, it is like urination.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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