Menstruation
801 questions
Is what the questioner's cousin (her paternal aunt's son) did, fondling her with his male organ while she was asleep as a child, considered zina, and must she tell her husband about it?
What is the ruling on birth control for newly married couples, and what is your opinion on natural coitus interruptus, and is there a specific legal period for coitus interruptus after menstruation?
Is it true that a Muslim forsaking his brother for more than three nights prevents the acceptance of good deeds? And what are the consequences of that?
Does fondling and ejaculation outside the vagina after a definitive divorce and before the 'iddah period ends constitute a return to the wife according to Sharia? If it does, is it necessary to wait for menstruation to issue another divorce, and would this second divorce count?
What is the ruling on prayer and intercourse during the last four days when light brown spotting occurs after the cessation of menstrual bleeding, which used to last 4-5 days after IUD insertion, knowing that before the IUD, my period was 5-7 days, and sometimes the cotton swab is completely clean after checking for traces on the day of increased menstrual bleeding, and sometimes it is not?
What is the ruling regarding a woman whose placenta was detached but she did not bleed, and some issued a fatwa allowing her to abstain from prayer during her usual days of menstruation?
Is it considered a divorce if the husband says to his wife: "When your menstruation stops, go to your family's house," with the intention of divorcing her, knowing that she has not yet menstruated, and that the intention was: "When you menstruate, complete your days of menstruation, and purify yourself, then go to your family's house," and then they reconciled on the same day?
Is it permissible to continue fasting and praying, or must one stop both, with the discharge of blood after the insertion of an IUD, and the inability to distinguish menstrual blood from other types?
Must the Fajr prayer be made up if menstrual blood is found ten minutes after the call to prayer, with the strong presumption that it began before Fajr?
Is a woman's fast valid if her menstruation stops a moment before Fajr?
What is the ruling on a menstruating woman performing the prayer with a congregation ostensibly (movements without recitation) to avoid embarrassment?
What is al-qassah al-bayda' (the white discharge), and what is its explanation?
What is the ruling on the yellow discharge that appears after purification from menstruation, which may resemble egg yolk after exposure to air, and is it obligatory to check the cotton (panty liner/pad) before every prayer, given the presence of pure discharges most of the time, knowing that this checking invalidates ablution?
Should a woman fast if she experiences one or two brown drops of menstrual blood for two days, and then it stops on the third day?
Is what the questioner did correct by performing ghusl after seeing the white thread and considering what followed as istihada, given that her period is irregular and she takes medication to regulate it, and she does not recall the details of when the brownish discharge and later the pink thread appeared?
Is the fast considered sufficient if a brown discharge occurred before Maghrib while making up for a Ramadan fast, and continued for three days, followed by the normal menstrual period?
What is the ruling on prayer if menstruation ceases for three months then returns with a flow greater than the usual number of days? Should the usual number of days be counted, followed by ghusl and prayer, or should one wait until all the blood has descended before performing ghusl?
What is the ruling on blood that came down after 15 days from menstruation, and continued for five days, knowing that I am taking medication for endometriosis, and is this blood considered menstruation that prevents prayer?
Is this drop of menstrual blood considered استحاضة (bleeding outside the regular menses) which necessitates prayer, or is it menstruation which prohibits prayer, and what should I do regarding the prayers I performed without performing ghusl (ritual purification)?
How can a man know that he is a man without resorting to the "masculinity machine"?
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman and a person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) to recite the Quran for memorization, knowing that she does not experience purity until after 13 days due to health conditions that prevent her from seeking treatment? And are all these days considered menstruation, or is she obligated to pray?
Does the discharge of thread-like remnants of menstruation after performing ghusl and cleaning with a vaginal douchette after the Fajr Adhan mean that the fast is invalid, or is the fast valid?
Is the absence of menstruation last month, after it had been regular, considered a problem?
Is it obligatory to break the fast and make up for the missed days of fasting due to intermittent daily bleeding during breastfeeding and using birth control pills that prevent menstruation?