Menstruation
801 questions
Is it permissible for a woman to perform ghusl (ritual bathing), prayer, and have marital relations after the cessation of menstrual bleeding but with the persistence of dark discharge that appears once or twice a day?
Is prayer and fasting obligatory for one who suffers from an ovarian cyst, and whose menstrual period has exceeded its usual duration, while she is taking medication to dissolve the cyst?
Is the fasting of a woman experiencing a continuous discharge of brown and red secretions, then light bleeding and secretions after it stops, valid, knowing that she is taking medication for that?
If a husband says to his divorced wife, who is in her third menstruation after a single divorce, "Consider that I took you back into my wedlock ten days ago," is this considered a valid return, knowing that they have been completely separated and he has not touched her?
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?
Is a second menstruation, one week after the first, considered menstruation, and does it obligate prayer and fasting, given that the duration of both menstrual periods may exceed 15 days, and she uses contraception and is 48 years old?
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 on the prayer and fasting of a woman whose menstrual cycle has stopped due to taking birth control pills for a legitimate reason, and is it permissible for her to pray without interruption?
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"?
What should a woman do if she experiences intermittent bleeding, followed by a week of clear discharge (al-Qassah al-Bayda’), which is then followed by heavy bleeding resembling menstruation? And is this blood considered menses or istihadah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding)?
Are these secretions considered istihadah, how long is the menstrual period calculated to be, and is sexual intercourse permissible in this case?
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 istihada (prolonged vaginal bleeding outside of menstruation) and what is the ruling concerning the blood that comes after it? Is the discharge of a white secretion sufficient to rule that one has attained purity from both menstruation and istihada?
What is the ruling on using injections or pills that stop menstruation for a few hours?
Is a woman considered pure upon the cessation of bleeding before Fajr, or upon seeing dryness after waking up? And in this case, is she required to fast or may she break her fast?
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?
What are the days that are considered menstruation and those that are considered istihada (non-menstrual bleeding) from a 13-day bleeding period due to an IUD, given the difference in the nature of the blood and discharge during it, and are prayer and intercourse permissible during this period?
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?
Is my action correct in not considering light brown discharge before menstruation as menses? And is my prayer valid if something is discharged from me during ablution or prayer, knowing that I perform ablution for every prayer? And will I be held accountable if I do not arrive at the correct Islamic ruling? And what is the ruling on my prayers given my doubt about the source of air bubbles (before I followed the fatwa of Ibn ‘Uthaymeen)? And is my prayer valid if I do not follow the Hanbalis in the takbir when rising from prostration, or if I do not hear during the rising from bowing?