Postnatal Bleeding
295 questions
What is the ruling concerning the two days I did not fast in Ramadan due to bleeding after a miscarriage at four weeks, thinking it was menstruation or nifas (postpartum bleeding), based on the fatwa of Sheikh Ibn 'Uthaymeen which states that the bleeding is not considered nifas if the fetus is aborted before the third month?
What is the ruling regarding the prayers that a wife missed, thinking that the blood discharged after the miscarriage of the fetus in the first month was nifas (postnatal bleeding), and is she required to make them up?
Is what the questioner did—making up the missed prayers during the postnatal bleeding period, which exceeded forty days and during which the bleeding continued—correct and sufficient, and is she required to perform ablution for every prayer, and to bathe and change her sanitary pad while the bleeding continues, especially when she is outside the home?
What is the ruling on one whose days of nifas exceeded forty, and she subsequently stopped praying, not knowing the number of days she missed? And what should a woman do who had an IUD inserted and experienced light bleeding for 20 days after her menstrual period, and does she have to make up the prayers, and what is the method for making up prayers?
Does divorce take effect upon a woman twenty days after her delivery, while she is in a state of postnatal bleeding?
Are the fasting and prayer of a woman in nifas valid with the continued discharge of a brownish liquid after seeing the sign of purity on the 29th day of nifas?
What is the duration after which a husband is not permitted to swear an oath of mutual imprecation (li'an) against his wife? Does the child reaching the age of 8 years prevent the husband from performing li'an? What should the husband do if he abandons li'an? Will he incur the sin mentioned in the noble Hadith: "Any woman who introduces someone who is not of them to a people, then she is not from Allah in anything"? And is there repentance for him if he abandons li'an and conceals his wife's transgression?
What is the ruling on intercourse that occurred after an abortion and uterine curettage, and what ensued from it in terms of colored discharge the color of blood after its cessation? And is expiation obligatory for this intercourse?
Is the blood that continued to flow for more than 20 days after a missed period, and it was determined to be a miscarriage of a one-and-a-half-month-old pregnancy, considered irregular bleeding (dam fasad) or postnatal bleeding (dam nifas), and are prayer, fasting, and intercourse permissible during it?
Does a divorce take effect if the husband pronounces it while in a state of extreme, almost insane, anger, uttering it more than three times, and his wife is in her postpartum period? And how long is the waiting period (iddah) if it does take effect?
Is it obligatory to continue fulfilling a vow of two rak'ahs of prayer as a thank you after every prayer, following the Sunnah, for life, after recovering from an illness? And is it necessary to make up this prayer for the days of menstruation and post-natal bleeding? And is expiation obligatory for this vow?
Is the blood that comes after the miscarriage of a fetus that is not older than two and a half months considered nifas blood, or istihadah (irregular) blood that necessitates making up missed prayers?
Is a daily shower for a woman in postpartum bleeding (nifas), which is imposed on her in some hospitals, unlawful (haram) or reprehensible (makruh)?
What is considered to be the blood that reappears after the cessation of postpartum bleeding (nifas), then stops again? Is it nifas, menses (hayd), or irregular bleeding (istihadah)? And how is the start of menstruation calculated after nifas?
Is it permissible for a wife to pray, fast, and for her husband to have intercourse with her after a miscarriage and the discharge of blood for more than 20 days, knowing that the color of the blood has changed?
How can a sister ascertain her purity from nifas if she is approaching one month and has not seen the white discharge, but only sees yellowish discharge (al-kudrah)? And is the yellowish discharge considered among the signs of purity, and does it prevent prayer?
Is it permissible for a man and his wife to bathe together during her menstruation and postnatal bleeding, even if blood is discharged from her?
Is it permissible for a wife to spend the postpartum period (nifas) at her family's home for care, or must she remain in her own home and have her mother come to her?
What is the ruling on dealing with the tissue passed after a miscarriage, and is prayer obligatory with the bleeding resulting from it?
Are the second and third pronouncements of divorce considered valid, given that the second pronouncement was conditional upon leaving the house and with the intention of not divorcing, and the third pronouncement was uttered with the word of divorce during a severe dispute in a state of anger?
Is the third divorce (talaq) that occurred during a period of purity (tuhr) in which the husband had intercourse considered an innovated and forbidden divorce, thereby allowing the wife to return to her husband, bearing in mind that she is breastfeeding and her menstrual period may be delayed due to breastfeeding?
Must a woman perform ghusl for prayer if her menstrual bleeding has ceased for a full year, and occasionally a few drops of blood are discharged?
What is the ruling on a man pleasuring himself with his hand with his wife during menstruation or post-childbirth bleeding when she is tired?
Do yellow, mucous-like discharges, which appear at the end of the menstrual cycle or post-natal bleeding, or rarely on normal days, invalidate ritual purity (tahara) and prevent prayer, or is it necessary for them to completely cease and to pray as soon as dryness occurs?