Is it obligatory to repeat the Tawaf or is expiation due from one who performed the Hajj rituals while unsure of her purity after taking pills to delay her menstrual cycle, thinking that the blood discharged was istihada (non-menstrual bleeding), then it later became apparent to her that it was possibly menstrual blood?
The basic rule for blood seen by a woman is that it is menstrual blood, unless it appears at a time when it cannot be menses.
If the period of purity between the two menses lasted 15 days or more before this blood was seen, then this blood is considered menstrual blood, because it continued for 11 or 12 days, which is a valid duration for menstruation, as its maximum is 15 days according to the majority of scholars. Consequently, the al-Ifadah was not valid, and the woman remains in her state of until she comes to Makkah, performs the Tawaf, and then the Sa'y, because the Sa'y is not valid except after a valid Tawaf according to the majority of scholars.
However, if this blood is istihada (non-menstrual bleeding) because it appeared at a time when it cannot be menses, then the Tawaf is valid.
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