Worship During Menstruation
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What is the meaning of the few drops of blood that precede menstruation, and how can they be considered connected to it, knowing that they may sometimes stop during the day before heavy bleeding, and should one stop praying and fasting upon their appearance?
Is celebrating and offering congratulations for birthdays and marriages considered a custom or an act of worship?
What is the ruling on the "lash lifting" procedure, in which the upper eyelashes are fixed and lifted for three months using materials that do not create a barrier, and are rinsed the following day after applying a nourishing serum?
What is the ruling on someone who performed ablution (wudu') and entered into prayer (salat), then doubted during the prayer whether they had wiped their head, and what are the implications of that?
Is it permissible for a woman to fast during the spotting period that precedes her menstrual cycle, and is her fasting in this state valid and acceptable, knowing that the cause of the spotting is the presence of uterine fibroids?
Is it valid to divorce a woman via a text message while she is menstruating, given that the husband was unaware of her menstruation, and he had verbally reconciled with her during her iddah from a previous divorce, and no complete sexual intercourse occurred between them after the reconciliation?
Does touching the private parts during tawaf invalidate Umrah to ensure that menstruation has not occurred, and does that nullify wudu?
What are the views of the jurists and Ibn Taymiyyah regarding the occurrence of divorce, and does Ibn Taymiyyah hold the view that the divorce of someone who does not remember the details of its occurrence is not counted?
What is the religious ruling regarding my return to my wife, whom I divorced with three pronouncements, knowing that a sheikh issued a fatwa that the divorce was bid'i (innovated/unlawful) and therefore not valid, and my mother refuses my return to her for fear of falling into haraam (unlawful acts) and facing people's criticism?
Is it considered menses if the brownish or yellowish discharge appears after purification during the customary period, and what is meant by "the customary period"? And is the prayer invalidated if some letters in Al-Fatiha are not pronounced with the correct Tajweed?
How can one reconcile the husband's desire to devote himself to worship and attend to his religious affairs with the wife's demands for his help with household matters and childcare, especially given that the wife feels resentful of the husband's focus on worship, and the husband believes she is discouraging him from it?
What is the ruling on yellow discharge on clothes during a period of purity (Tuhr), and is it necessary to change clothes for prayer, or is it sufficient to wash the affected area?
Is it permissible for the husband to masturbate first, then engage in marital intercourse afterward to prolong the duration of coitus, in light of his wife’s refusal to assist him in that?
Must a woman make up for the days she misses fasting due to menstruation during the two months of vowed fasting, or is it sufficient for her to fast the sixty days, even if they include her menstrual period?
Do brown drops before menstruation count as menstruation or not, and is expiation required for intercourse that occurred under the assumption that it was not menstruation, and for whom is the expiation?
What is the ruling regarding the prayers performed by the questioner during a period that exceeded ten days of her menstrual cycle, based on her previous belief that the maximum duration of menstruation is ten days, and then she learned that the maximum duration is fifteen days? Are these prayers considered unacceptable, and must she make them up?
What should a girl do who does not remember whether her menstruation began before the time for prayer, or during it? And does she have to make up (the prayer/fast) if her menstruation began after the intention to break the fast and pray, and she does not know whether the menstruation came upon her before the time or after it?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who takes medication to regulate her menstrual cycle, and menstruation occurs during the seven-day interval between doses, so the period between the two menstruations is less than fifteen days, knowing that this is menstruation from a medical perspective?
How sound is the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah has angels other than the حافظة (guardian angels) who record every leaf that falls from a tree. So, if one of you experiences a limp in a land, let him call out: O servants of Allah, help me!" and what are its sources of authentication, and how can it be reconciled with the Hadith: "If you ask, ask Allah"?
Is what the questioner sees—brown discharge and brown threads five days before the menses—considered menstruation that prohibits prayer and intercourse, or istihada (vaginal bleeding outside of menstruation) that does not prohibit them?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a man divorcing his wife over the phone in a moment of anger, then taking her back after accusing her and casting doubt on her honor, knowing that she added her sister's husband on "Snapchat"?
What is the ruling regarding a husband saying to his wife, "You are unlawful to me," with the intention of disciplining, rebuking, and reprimanding her, and not with the intention of prohibition or divorce, especially given that the wife frequently said to her husband, "I am unlawful to you"?
Am I still legally his wife after repeated pronouncements of divorce in different situations, including during menstruation and via text messages? Does divorce pronounced during menstruation count? Is a divorce that takes place in a European country sufficient, even if he does not intend to complete the divorce according to Sharia? Is there a solution for me to return to him if the divorce has actually occurred?
When is a woman considered pure and when can she begin to pray, according to the Maliki school of thought, if her menses flows for three days as pure blood, then stops for part of the fourth day, then resumes, then stops for one or two days, then yellowish or brownish discharge starts to flow intermittently until the fifteenth day when the fluid becomes pure white? And is fasting valid on the days when nothing flows during the daytime?