Worship During Menstruation
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How can one who is committed to worship and far from sins overcome their fear of backsliding and returning to sins, ensure continuation in obedience, and at the same time balance between the love of Allah and the fear of Him so as not to feel secure from Allah's plan?
What is meant by "the duration of the custom" according to jurists concerning yellowness, and is only the duration of the blood counted, or the blood and yellowness together?
Is the wife's divorce valid, and does the oath of divorce take effect if the husband utters it while knowing that she is menstruating?
Must a day on which brown discharge was experienced at Maghrib be made up, knowing that it continued until the following day and precedes menstrual bleeding?
Did a final and irrevocable divorce occur to the wife in the aforementioned cases, and is it permissible to take her back?
Are the days in which the brownish discharge (kudra) appears two or three days before menstruation considered part of the menstrual period, or are they considered a state of purity during which prayer is obligatory?
Is the questioner still her husband's wife, or has she become forbidden to him after the consecutive divorces and reconciliations?
Was what the questioner did correct by performing ghusl and beginning to pray on the eighth day of her menstruation, which exceeded its usual duration, knowing that the blood is still flowing with the characteristics of menstrual blood? And is a full ghusl obligatory, or only wudu’ if it is istihadah and she has been cleansed of blood?
Is it necessary to make up the fast for a woman who broke her fast on the seventh day of her menstruation, thinking that she had not yet purified, even though she did not see any blood on that day?
Is a man obligated to pay an expiation of one dinar for having intercourse with his menstruating wife after he suspected her of menstruating, and can this expiation be given to his sick sister or his retired father?
Must the questioner re-observe the days she fasted, or only the day she felt something exit—not knowing whether it was madhiy or not—while she was reading a novel, given that she used to fast during menstruation and follows the Maliki school of thought?
Is it permissible to combine the view that yellowish and brownish discharges before menstruation are considered menses (according to the majority opinion) with the view that they are considered menses after menstruation (during the habitual period), due to the irregularity of the habitual period?
Is a divorce that occurs during menstruation counted? Is it permissible to take back the wife after such a divorce? Do consecutive divorces pronounced with the words, "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are irrevocably divorced," take effect after the wife has been taken back?
Is it permissible for someone who has recovered from obsessive-compulsive disorder to continue adopting the lenient rulings (rukhsas) that were permissible for him during his period of suffering from the disorder, and would his acts of worship be invalidated if he were to continue acting upon these rulings?
What is the difference between worship and other acts, and why did scholars divide deeds into acts of worship and transactions in terms of stipulating sincerity for them, even though the entire life of a believer is an act of worship? And what are the interests that the Lawgiver permitted the مكلف (accountable person) to intend, which do not fall under showing off (riya')?
Is a divorce effected in two cases: First, if the husband swears by divorce that he will not hit his wife, then he hits her on the head with his hand, taking into account the broad meaning of hitting, and that the wife was menstruating? Second, if the husband says to his wife, "You are divorced," while he is angry and she is menstruating, and that was three years ago?
What is the ruling on light brown discharge that appeared after taking medication to induce menstruation, and does it invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on uttering "You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help" (إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين) without pronouncing the hamza? And what is the opinion of the majority of scholars? And is it obligatory for a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswasi) who forgot to move his finger during the Tashahhud to perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud as-sahw)? And should a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder who doubts the number of rak'ahs or prostrations or the pronunciation of letters disregard that?
Is my action correct after I saw a brownish discharge and a spot of blood after performing ghusl during my usual menstruation days, and then I saw a transparent spot, tending towards pink and yellow, after the final ghusl, knowing that my period is 6 days and I do not see the white discharge (al-Qassah al-Bayda’)? And do I have to make up for (prayers) or offer expiation?
Is sexual intercourse forbidden on days when menstruation is expected, knowing that the bleeding has not yet occurred, and that its onset follows intercourse directly or is slightly delayed?
ما هي النصيحة لمن يترك الصلاة وقت المصائب والضيق ثم يعود إليها؟
Is the second and third divorce pronouncement from my husband, who has only reconciled with me once after our marriage, counted as one divorce or two, knowing that my menstrual period occurred during the second pronouncement?
Is it permissible for a seller to say to customers: "A carton of tomatoes for (10) dinars, and invoke blessings upon the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—"?
Must a menstruating woman pray Fajr if she wakes up after Fajr and is unsure about the time her menstruation ended?