What is the ruling on one who is praying and feels the onset of menstruation during prayer: should she interrupt it due to doubt, or complete it and verify after the salutation?
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The emission of menstrual blood invalidates ablution (wudu') by consensus (ijma'). If it occurs during prayer, the prayer must be interrupted. However, if a woman doubts its emission during prayer, the default assumption is non-emission, so she should not interrupt her prayer unless she is certain of its emission. This applies to all nullifiers of ablution, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "He should not leave (the prayer) until he hears a sound or finds a smell."
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