Menstruation

• 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?
• 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?
• 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 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?
• Is a woman considered pure if she sees white or transparent discharge after menstruation on the sixth day, and then sees normal discharge that is not blood? Does she have to wait until the end of the sixth day to perform ghusl, fast, and pray, or is she purified by what she saw of white or transparent discharge?
• Is blood that has been flowing for 16 days after taking birth control pills for breastfeeding considered menstruation or istihadah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding), and is it obligatory to pray while it continues, despite taking medication to stop it?
• Is the 'iddah (waiting period) for a woman who has been granted an irrevocable divorce (ṭalāq bā'in) only one menstrual cycle? And is it permissible to specify the divorce date before menstruation to shorten the 'iddah period? And is it permissible for the wife to pay her husband money in exchange for a divorce without her father's knowledge, and would that be considered an irrevocable divorce (ṭalāq bā'in)?
• How is one to be certain of the cessation of menstruation, and are brown or yellow discharges a sign of purity, and what is meant by inserting a piece of cotton into the vagina to ascertain purity?
• Is it necessary to confirm the discharge of menstrual blood before seeing it?
• Is what is meant by "discrimination" when menstrual bleeding is disordered the discrimination of the blood's color to determine the end of the menstruation period?
• Is a husband entitled to request a medical certificate proving the intactness of his wife's hymen before consummation?
• Is blood that appears a week after the cessation of menstruation considered menstrual blood that necessitates making up for the fast?
• Is the pink discharge that appeared one day before the expected period, and then stopped, considered menstruation that prohibits prayer?
• Is the wife considered pure if the bleeding has stopped and a yellowish-white spot appears when a tissue is inserted, or must the tissue be completely dry?
• Is a woman obligated to make up the days she fasted due to not verifying her purity by checking the spot, or is she excused by ignorance?
• Is what I did correct with regard to staying overnight and stoning the Jamarat, and performing the Farewell Tawaf on my own behalf, and sacrificing on behalf of my wife due to her legitimate excuse and her not performing Tawaf?
• Is a woman obligated to verify the onset of menstruation at its designated time by inserting a piece of tissue or cotton, or is merely seeing it sufficient, and what is the evidence for this from the Quran and Sunnah?
• What is the age of puberty from which the questioner should start making up the days she did not fast, taking into account that she practiced masturbation at the age of 11, pubic hair appeared at the age of 13, and she believed that puberty only occurs with menstruation?
• Does the divorce I intended in my heart, and did not utter to my wife, but said to her father with the words "Yes, I divorced her with a single pronouncement," take effect, bearing in mind that she was menstruating at the time I intended the divorce?
• Which of the two fatwas should be followed regarding the yellowish or brownish discharge (kudra and sufra) connected to blood for 14 or 15 days after an IUD insertion, knowing that one fatwa indicates that any blood exceeding the usual period is considered menstruation unless it exceeds fifteen days, while the other fatwa makes an exception for this if the blood exceeding the usual period changed due to the IUD, in which case it is considered istihadah (non-menstrual bleeding)?
• Is a girl who has not yet reached puberty – who has not menstruated – due to medical reasons, held accountable, and do the rulings regarding adults apply to her?
• Is the inside of the vulva exclusively the exit for menses and feces, and would washing the areas beneath the labia minora with one's fingers invalidate the fast?