Worship During Menstruation
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Is ghusl obligatory and is the fast acceptable if a small amount of blood mixed with clear white discharge or brown blood is discharged during the ovulation period for an unmarried woman?
Is it possible to act upon the saying that the period of possibility for menstruation is 10 days from the sighting of blood? And is it permissible to act upon the opinion that does not consider yellow or turbid discharge as menstruation at all, even if I am not convinced by it and modern medicine proves the opposite, especially since this causes me many problems and repeated ghusl?
Is it permissible to complete the fast if a woman intended to fast, then after performing ghusl, she found slight yellowish and whitish discharge?
What is the ruling on frequent doubts and whisperings during prayer? Should one complete the prayer or repeat it? Is the prayer of one who has doubts in it accepted? What is the ruling on frequently swearing not to repeat it, then retracting that oath? And what is incumbent upon someone who cannot count the many expiations that have accumulated upon him and does not possess the means to provide their monetary value for feeding the poor?
Is it permissible to repeat the prayer and ablution due to doubt, what is the ruling on involuntary thoughts during prayer and lack of devotion, and what is the description of the prostration of forgetfulness for doubt and other reasons?
What is the ruling on brown and yellow discharges that appear one day after the cessation of menstrual bleeding, and are they considered menstruation?
What is the ruling on using the same towel or loofah after performing ghusl following menstruation, if they were used during menstruation? Are they considered impure or pure?
Is the purity considered valid and the ghusl permissible after seeing dryness following the cleaning of the area with water, with a slight yellowish discharge occurring after the ghusl and no return of blood or brownish discharge, and is it obligatory to repeat the prayers of the two days after this ghusl?
Is it permissible to prostrate solely for the purpose of supplication during menstruation?
Is the ruling on doubting the start of the Sa'y from Al-Marwa the same as the ruling on doubting the number of circuits of the Sa'y, along with the legal derivation in the Shafi'i school of thought?
Is the fast valid for a woman whose menstruation stopped at dawn on the sixth day, and she saw the white discharge and fasted, then a faint brown discharge in a very small quantity came out after sunset, continuing until just before dawn on the seventh day, or must she make up that day?
Does a divorce issued by a husband to his wife, while he is in a state of extreme anger and illness (diabetes and high blood pressure), and which resulted in him saying: "You are divorced," after having divorced her on two previous occasions, one of which he remembers and the other he does not, take effect?
Does divorce take place if it occurs during a period of purity in which the husband had intercourse with his wife?
Does the cessation of revelation with the death of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) mean that no revelation descends upon jinn and humans, that no new news or acts of worship come, and that no rulings are abrogated?
Are repeated yellow discharges throughout the day considered menses, and are red discharges that appeared a week after menstruation considered menses?
Is it permissible to reduce the time spent in worship—such as Qiyam al-Layl (night vigil prayer), adhkar (remembrance of Allah), and sitting in the mosque after prayer—in order to make time for studying during periods of academic pressure, and is this considered selling the Hereafter for the worldly life?
When is purity from menstruation attained if bleeding and yellowish discharge continue for eight days, followed by light yellow discharge, between yellowish and whitish, on the ninth day?
Is the ruling on the mustache the same as the ruling on the beard, and if trimming the mustache is recommended, does that mean that trimming the beard is also recommended? What is the reward for the beard, and is the intention of seeking reward required to attain it? What is the meaning of: "We used to let our mustaches grow, except during Hajj," and what is meant by "the mustaches of the beard"?
Do divorces take place in the aforementioned cases, and are the three divorces counted despite their not being documented, especially since the husband said in one of them, "That's it" (kida khalas), and the questioner did not hear the exact word, and she was not pure the last time?
Is it obligatory to make up the fast day if brown discharge continues, knowing that the examination cloth is pure white and dry after purification from menstruation?
I ask about bathing during the daytime in Ramadan, and may Allah reward you with all good on our behalf.
Does swallowing water unintentionally during ablution, or swallowing phlegm and having doubt about whether it reached the throat, break the fast? What are the implications of forgetting the type of fast being made up (Qada' or Sunnah) and fasting it with the intention of Qada' only? And how can one get rid of obsessive thoughts about fasting?
What did Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen mean by his statement: "As for one who deliberately abandons fasting from the outset without an excuse, the more correct opinion is that he is not required to make up for it, because he will not benefit anything from it, as it will not be accepted from him. For the rule is: that every act of worship prescribed for a specific time, if it is delayed beyond that designated day without an excuse, will not be accepted from its doer, due to the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be be upon him: 'Whoever performs an action not in accordance with our matter, it will be rejected'"?
What is the ruling on the inquirer fasting on the days she experienced brown and yellow discharge, knowing that she was unaware these are not considered menstruation, and that she would only perform ghusl after the bleeding stopped, and then the brown and yellow discharge would appear?