Irregular Bleeding
379 questions
Is the dark brown or red blood that came out two days after the IUD insertion, and hours after intercourse, following the cessation of menstruation, considered menstrual blood that prevents prayer, fasting, and intercourse?
What is the ruling on the brownish discharge that appears at irregular intervals, either preceding the menstrual period or coming in its place, and what should a girl do regarding prayer in this situation?
Is it obligatory to perform ghusl again and make up the prayers if menstrual bleeding stopped, then returned after performing ghusl on the sixth day of irregular menstruation?
What is the ruling on the prayer of a wife who has had an IUD inserted to prevent pregnancy due to health conditions, and whose menstrual cycle has become irregular, so she does not know when it begins or ends, and how does she determine her state of purity for prayer?
Are secretions with red threads considered menstruation if the menstrual cycle is disturbed and irregular? And are the first days in which the blood is scant, brownish, and yellowish considered menstruation? And if the period exceeds fifteen days, is what comes after that considered استِحاضَة (istihāḍah - irregular vaginal bleeding outside of menstruation)?
Must a woman experiencing irregular bleeding (mustahadah) perform istinja' and renew her ablution if her ablution is broken after the time for prayer has begun and she has already performed ablution?
What is the thick, yellow discharge that appears after menstruation, and does it invalidate ablution?
Should my mother pray if she experiences irregular menstruation with dark blood, clots, and a foul odor, which causes her fatigue, knowing that it sometimes comes every 15 days or stops for two and a half months?
Is the action of not performing prayer for fifteen days considered correct in the different cases of menstrual cycle disturbance described by the questioner?
How can I distinguish between menstrual blood (hayd) and irregular bleeding (istihada), and when should I pray or refrain from praying, given my continuous irregular monthly cycle?
Does a brownish or yellowish discharge after seeing the sign of purity invalidate the fast of Ramadan 16, and is the fast of Ramadan 1, 2, and 6 valid, or must it be made up, bearing in mind the mentioned circumstances of seeing blood, its cessation, and taking birth control pills?
Is the brown discharge that appears at the time of menstruation, accompanied by menstrual pain, considered menstruation (hayd) that necessitates breaking the fast, or irregular bleeding (istihadah)?
What is the ruling on the prayer of a 21-year-old girl whose menstrual cycle is irregular, and her period, which lasted 7 days, stopped without her seeing the white discharge, so she performed ghusl and prayed, then the mixed blood (red and yellow with viscosity) returned and is still coming intermittently?
What is the reason for my suffering from menstrual cycle disturbances, abdominal pain, discharge, excessive nervousness, my saying to myself: "I am an infidel," wishing for death, and laziness in prayer, along with my seeing dreams as if someone is sleeping with me during 'Umrah, and my husband's refusal to go to a shaykh?
Is blood, and the sight of its light, scattered drops, after ten days of taking birth control pills, considered menstruation or abnormal bleeding, and what is the ruling on intercourse and prayer in this situation?
What is the ruling on the continued discharge of urine for 15 to 30 minutes after urination, and what should one do who suffers from obsessive thoughts about urine drops being discharged, and is the method of placing the penis between the thighs and bending over to get rid of drops correct, and can this method cause atrophy in one of the testicles?
What is the ruling regarding an unmarried girl who experiences a yellowish discharge (ṣufra) after the cessation of menstrual bleeding in three forms: (it ceases on the eleventh day, or continues until the fifteenth or sixteenth day, or continues uninterrupted from one menstruation to the next)? And should she wait 15 days, or should she perform ghusl upon the appearance of the yellowish discharge and consider herself a mustahāḍah (one experiencing irregular vaginal bleeding)?
Does a divorce take effect if a man divorces his wife while she is menstruating, and her menstruation extends for two months due to an illness, knowing that this is the third divorce?
Is it obligatory to make up the prayer of the day if menstruation began at the time of Dhuhr prayer and then stopped on the following day?
What is the ruling concerning the Farewell Tawaf for my wife who experienced istihadah after completing it and before departing Mecca, considering she had taken medication to stop istihadah before Hajj?
Is the brownish or yellowish discharge that a woman sees after seeing the white discharge and after the cessation of her usual menstrual bleeding considered to prevent her from praying and fasting?
What is the ruling on the fast of one from whom blood issued after the first day of Ramadan, while she is certain that it is not menstrual blood due to her suffering from inflammation that causes bleeding?
Does moisturizing prevent water from reaching the private parts, and is rinsing with water sufficient to remove impurity, or is it necessary to wash with soap? And how does a woman distinguish between discharges coming from the uterus and those coming from the urinary opening?
What is the considered duration of menstruation for a woman whose habit before marriage was 7-8 days, then became 5 days with contraceptive pills, then ceased at menopause and recently returned? Is it her old habit, or the duration she had with contraceptives, or what she is seeing now, even if it exceeds eight days?