Menstruation
801 questions
What is the ruling regarding my discontinuing prayer for three months due to continuous bleeding after menstruation? Was what I did correct, and if not, what should I do?
Would a woman be considered sinful for intentionally abandoning prayer if she delayed a prayer slightly past its time, and then menstruation or the pre-menstrual spotting occurred?
Is it obligatory for a woman to perform ghusl, prayer, and fasting after the cessation of menstrual bleeding that lasts 8 or 9 days, given the presence of brown and black discharges that continue until the fifteenth or sixteenth day, and then she performs ghusl again upon the discharge of the white secretion (al-qassah al-bayda’)?
What is the ruling on yellow discharge (ṣufrah) and brownish discharge (kudrah) before and after menstruation?
Is it necessary to use a cotton swab or tissue to check for purity (ṭahārah) after menstruation, and is she sinful if she does not do so? Is it permissible to wait twenty-four hours after the cessation of blood to perform ghusl without checking? And if the color of the discharge is not known when verifying menstruation, can the woman choose between the colors she is unsure about?
What is the ruling on fasting the two days during which pink discharge and yellowish discharge appeared without certainty of menstruation, followed by complete dryness and the intention to fast despite doubt, and then the onset of explicit menstruation three days later? And does the lack of firm intention on the second day of fasting invalidate the fast?
What is the expiation for a woman who swore falsely upon the Qur’an while she was menstruating?
What should a woman do if she experiences a yellowish discharge after purity (dryness) after 6 days, and she does not know if her period before this month was more than 6 days? Is the yellowish discharge considered menses, given the uncertainty about the number of menstrual days last month, or is it not? Can the rule of "certainty is not removed by doubt" be applied, and the woman consider herself pure after the dryness, despite the doubt about the return of menses with the yellowish discharge and not knowing if it falls within the duration of her customary period? Is it sufficient to know the approximate start and end times of menstruation to determine the duration of the customary period?
What is the ruling on a husband having intercourse with his wife at the beginning of her menstruation out of their ignorance of the ruling, and does the ruling differ if the wife was not aware of the discharge of blood?
What is the ruling on a woman's fast if she feels her menstrual period beginning a little before Iftar? Is her fast considered valid, or must she make up the day?
Can a wife be prevented from ghusl upon the her husband's death, or not?
Is what the questioner did correct, namely, performing ghusl on the eighth day after seeing dryness and slight discoloration, then performing ghusl on the eleventh day, following the Hanafi school, after the bleeding occurred and did not stop? And must the bleeding stop and then resume at a time that is not menstruation? And if the bleeding exceeds the menstrual period while continuing, is it permissible to adopt this fatwa? And is following the purity after urination correct or not?
Are the brown and light discharges that appear after seeing dryness and continue for a day or half a day, followed by a clear fluid, considered menstruation?
Are the brown secretions that precede the onset of heavy bleeding after an IUD insertion considered part of menstruation or not, and is it permissible for a woman to pray during the period of their discharge?
How does a woman experiencing prolonged bleeding (Mustahadah) calculate the eight days of her monthly cycle, and when is the first day considered to begin if the bleeding starts a little before sunset?
Must I wear the hijab at the age of eleven, and is it permissible for me to be a media professional who appears on television?
Is prayer and fasting obligatory during a one or two-day break in menstrual bleeding, and is black blood before or at the end of the period considered part of menstruation?
Does the discharge of brown fluid after purification invalidate the purification and necessitate a new ghusl, and what is the specified duration of the menstrual cycle after which the blood is considered istihada, making prayer and fasting permissible?
Is it permissible to take pills to induce a delayed menstrual period, knowing that the questioner does not wish to become pregnant at the present time and that she is on the 32nd day of her cycle?
Is discarding used sanitary pads (for menstruation) permissible or forbidden, since some consider that whoever sees the blood in them is like one who has seen the 'awrah (private parts)?
Is temporary dryness and bathing thereafter sufficient for the prayer to be valid, or is it necessary to wait for the complete cessation of the yellowish discharge?
Must I pray during the first five days of my menstrual period when the blood comes in intermittent drops?
Is it permissible to inform a suitor about matters of menstruation, its days, and its duration?
What is the ruling on Fajr prayer and what follows it, and is it obligatory to abandon prayer with the presence of brown discharge, or a small amount of blood that does not continue, and is not accompanied by the usual symptoms of menstruation?