Menstruation
359 questions
What is the ruling on the black spots accompanying the brownish and yellowish discharge at the end of the menstrual period? Are they considered part of menstruation or part of the brownish and yellowish discharge, given that it is not possible to discern their mixture with red blood due to their small size? Is it permissible for someone suffering from scrupulosity to perform ghusl upon the cessation of red blood only?
What is the legal (Shar‘i) position regarding two divorces that occurred while the wife did not inform her husband of her pregnancy or menstruation until after the 'iddah (waiting period) had expired in both cases, given that these are the second and third divorces?
Is a girl who experienced the insertion of a finger into her vagina at the age of seven, and felt pain, considered to have lost her virginity, and what is your advice to her?
Does the brown blood spot, the size of a dirham with scattered dots, found at the time of the menstrual period, count as menstruation that prohibits prayer, or should one wait to see more blood?
Must days for which one intended to fast be made up again if one then intended to make them up due to waswas (whispers/intrusive thoughts) about the validity of the fast?
What is the ruling of Islam on a husband's insistence that his wife abort in the early stages of pregnancy (the first week, when menstruation ceases), with him bearing full responsibility?
Is the circulated story about Eve true, that God punished her with menstruation every month after she ate from the fig tree, by saying: "By My Might: I shall make you bleed once every month"?
Is it obligatory to inform a suitor about irregular menstruation and its potential effect on childbearing before or after the legitimate viewing, especially since there is no clear cause and therapeutic solutions are available?
What is the ruling on using injections or pills that stop menstruation for a few hours?
What should a woman do if her menstruation is delayed, then she experiences brown discharge, followed by a black thread-like discharge?
Should the questioner consider this entire period as menstruation, or should she consider the first eight days as menstruation and anything beyond that as استِحاضة (non-menstrual bleeding), knowing that she does not see dryness or the white discharge (al-Qassah al-Bayda’) until 12-14 days after the start of brown and yellow discharges?
How can one distinguish between the white discharge (al-qassah al-bayda') and natural secretions? And is it possible for the white discharge (al-qassah al-bayda') to recur?
What is the meaning of your saying: "Al-Kadra (turbidity), Al-Sufra (yellowness), Al-Jufuf (dryness), and Al-Qassah (the white discharge)"?
What is the ruling on the increase of menstruation days beyond the usual monthly cycle?
Is it permissible for a woman who has obtained a Khulʿ to observe her waiting period (ʿiddah) in a country other than her husband's? Is she obligated to observe the ʿiddah in the marital home? Is it permissible for her to remain with her husband in the same house while adhering to the prescribed Islamic dress (ḥijāb)? Does the ʿiddah end with the cessation of menstruation or with purification from it? What are the implications of irregular menstruation?
Is the emission of pre-seminal fluid (madhy) and the growth of armpit hair among the signs of puberty?
Is the Sa'i (mas'a) area considered part of the Sacred Mosque (Al-Masjid Al-Haram), is it permissible for a menstruating woman to enter it, and is the salutation of the mosque (tahiyyat al-masjid) obligatory for one who enters it from the direction of the Sa'i?
Do three menstrual periods after zina indicate the absence of pregnancy, thus making it permissible for the woman to marry, or is a medical confirmation of no pregnancy necessary? And is it possible for an ectopic pregnancy to occur with the continuation of menstruation, and for how long can such a pregnancy last?
Is malodorous blood that appeared less than 15 days after purification, and is considered a side effect of birth control pills used to treat polycystic ovaries, menstrual blood or istihada (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding)?
Is a woman obligated to fast if she experiences all the signs of menstruation—such as dizziness, lightheadedness, abdominal pain, and seeing blood by inserting a piece of cotton—but the blood does not come out until two or three days later?
Was Fatima al-Zahra not menstruating?
Is anything required of a woman if she left the Farewell Tawaf, thinking that the blood she experienced was menstrual blood, then it became clear to her after her journey that it was abnormal bleeding and not menstruation?
Must one make up the Maghrib prayer if menstruation begins a few minutes after sunset?
Is a wife's statement that she was menstruating at the time of divorce acceptable if her husband divorced her while unaware of her menstruation?