Women's Rituals
This topic gathers the questions about worship that turn on a woman's body and its cycle. They are practical, and often urgent: a fast already begun, a prayer time passing, a journey already booked. The pages below cover menstruation, worship during menstruation, postnatal bleeding, pregnancy and worship, and women in the mosque. Every answer here is a sourced summary of a fatwa published on Ftawy, with the full ruling one tap away. Start with menstruation if you are unsure where your question belongs.
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Is the cessation of bleeding sufficient for ghusl (ritual bathing), or is it necessary to see the sign of purity even if it is not observed?
What is the ruling regarding a husband forcing his wife to have anal intercourse, especially during menstruation and with violence and deceit? And what is the ruling regarding his prayer when he has not performed ghusl from janabah?
Is it permissible to approach a woman who has had a miscarriage, and is her ruling the same as that of a woman who has given birth?
What is the ruling on a previously married woman (thayyib) who became so through fornication, knowing that her guardian will refuse (to approve her marriage), and plans to marry a married man in another country like "Egypt" through a Sharia judge?
Is it obligatory to perform ghusl immediately after the cessation of menstrual bleeding, or should one wait for the white discharge (al-qassah al-baida') or dryness (al-jufūf)? Is the continuation of yellowish or brownish discharge until the eleventh day normal for an unmarried girl? Does seeing dryness upon waking up signify the end of the menstrual period?
Is it obligatory for a woman to inform a suitor that she suffers from istihadah bleeding that continues with her for most of the month after her purification from menstruation?
Is it better to keep one's hair long and take care of it, or to shave it, knowing that he takes good care of his hair and ties it, and he bases his argument on what was mentioned concerning the fitra?
Does a drop of blood that appears only in the morning for 3-4 days, accompanied by white discharge or no discharge for the rest of the day, count as menstruation?
Are the secretions that were accompanied by blood on the eighth and ninth days from the start of the period considered menses or istihadah (non-menstrual bleeding), especially since the ninth day ended with the discharge of the white discharge (al-Qassah al-Bayda’) along with a spot of blood, and what are the implications of this regarding making up prayers?
Is it obligatory to take back one's wife if he divorced her a third, innovated divorce, especially if it occurred during her menstruation, knowing that she is unlawful to him until she marries another husband? And if he takes her back, does she become his wife?
When should one fast and pray, or abstain from them, given the intermittent menstrual bleeding of varying colors (yellow, beige, brown, black, red) throughout the month, with the yellow discharge sometimes continuing until the next period?
Does a divorce oath apply to a menstruating woman if the husband does not know that she is menstruating?
Is what the questioner did—performing ghusl and prayer—correct, and what should she do after her menstrual cycle stopped for a long time then returned with bleeding for days that exceeded her usual period?
What is the ruling on secretions mixed with light red blood before menstruation, and blood that exits only during urination or defecation at the beginning and end of menstruation and after purification, and is this considered menses or istihadah (irregular bleeding)? What is the most cautious approach regarding prayer and ghusl in these cases?
Is it permissible for a girl to stay with her married friend in her spacious home to help her before childbirth?
Is performing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or artificial insemination, in which an egg is taken from the woman and sperm from the man for fertilization, then returned to the woman's womb, considered a رجعة (resumption of marital relationship) for a woman who has been divorced once, and if pregnancy occurs, does her waiting period (iddah) extend until she gives birth, or is it considered a رجعة for her?
Is it permissible for a woman to hold her husband's penis with her right hand, and can a man touch his wife's vulva with his right hand?
Must one make up for missed fasting and prayers if blood appears several days after the cessation of menstruation and ritual purification, and one does not know whether it is menstrual blood or not?
What is the ruling on intermittent bleeding that recurs at varying intervals, sometimes followed by a brownish discharge, approximately a year and a half after the end of postpartum bleeding?
What is the ruling on saying, "Give me my things and you are divorced," with the intention of taking the things and not with the intention of divorce, especially given that the wife was menstruating at that time?
What are the boundaries of the mosque that prohibit selling in its courtyard?
What is the ruling on the fasting and prayer of a woman who experiences intermittent bleeding, or a yellowish discharge, or a discharge with an unpleasant odor? Should she fast and pray, or should she break her fast? And what should she do if her husband has intercourse with her during a period when the bleeding has stopped?
What is the true age at which a person is considered an orphan in Islamic jurisprudence, and what is the upper limit for this age, bearing in mind that the United Nations defines it as 18 years, while Islamic organizations adopt the age of maturity, and some consider it to be when one becomes fully self-reliant?
Are the discharges mixed with blood after the usual menstrual period considered menstruation or irregular bleeding, and should one pray upon seeing them or not?