Worship During Menstruation
1,082 questions
Is intercourse permissible before menstrual bleeding, given the presence of brown or pink discharge preceding the period?
Would I be sinful if I strove for the marriage of two people and violations of the engagement that I had expected resulted from that?
What is the ruling on blood and brown discharge that continued after postpartum bleeding and the first menstrual period, and is it considered menstruation or istihada (non-menstrual bleeding), especially after the insertion of a hormonal IUD?
Is a man's knowledge of his wife's menstruation at the time of divorce considered influential, based on Ibn Taymiyyah's statement that divorce during menstruation does not occur?
Is there any impermissibility in inviting friends via WhatsApp to pray two rak'ahs on a specific night, with the intention of reminding them to pray, not to impose a Sunnah or innovate it, along with the phrase, "Pray two rak'ahs so that when Allah looks upon the earth, He sees people dancing and people praying beneath His Throne. Are you ready, my brothers in faith? Share it and you will be rewarded"?
Is the call to prayer considered hypocrisy (riya') if the muezzin beautifies his voice to impress people, or if he asks others for their opinion of his adhan?
Does conditional divorce take effect, given knowledge of purity and intercourse at the time of the condition, then menstruation before the condition occurs, and intercourse occurring after the condition and before its occurrence, with it being the second divorce? And is it considered a major irreversible divorce (baynunah kubra) if it takes effect?
When does purity occur, and when is ghusl obligatory, knowing that menstruation lasts for 5 days, then on the sixth and seventh days, a brownish discharge (kudrah) and yellowish discharge (sufrah) appear, and on the eighth day, the white discharge (al-qassah al-bayda') appears? On the sixth and seventh days, dryness occurs two to five times for 1-3 hours, then the brownish discharge returns. Is this dryness sufficient for purity, or must the white discharge be awaited? And is what comes down after the dryness on the sixth day, which is very dark blood, considered menstruation, or does it have the ruling of brownish discharge? What is the duration of the menstrual period, is it 5 days, 6 days, or 8 days?
What is the ruling on distributing parts of the Qur’an for individual recitation in homes during the week, then gathering on Friday before Maghrib to collectively supplicate for the completion of the Qur’an, and is this act considered an innovation (bid’ah)? Does the completion of the Qur’an occur in this manner, and what is the ruling on attending the supplication without having recited the assigned part?
What is the ruling regarding the blood a woman sees if it appears for a short period, then turns brown or yellow, and sometimes returns to its normal color, then the menstrual period descends naturally? Is it considered menses if it continues for a day and a night, or must the red color of the blood continue for a full night to be considered menses?
What is the ruling on the days during which the usual menstrual period extended, and during which kudra (brownish discharge) and sufra (yellowish discharge) appeared, given that the questioner saw water with a brownish tinge, and then uncolored water, and doubted its purity?
Is it permissible for a man to engage in anal sex after having become accustomed to it in Sweden?
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to enter the mosque to attend a religious lesson that she needs, especially if she is a non-Arab who does not understand Arabic and wishes to increase her knowledge? Does the ruling differ in Ramadan when such lessons are more frequent? And what is the ruling on one who did so out of ignorance of the ruling?
Is it permissible to repent and begin fasting for expiation of accidental killing after drinking alcohol, or must one wait 40 days because prayers and fasting are not accepted during this period?
How can the beginning and end of the menstrual cycle be determined, especially with intermittent yellow or brown discharge before the red blood, and continuous light yellow discharge after the cessation of blood? And is this discharge considered menstruation?
Must I repeat the prayer I led due to feelings of showing off (riya') and obsessive thoughts (waswasa), knowing that I supplicated to Allah during prostration with the dua: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from associating anything with You while I know"?
Is the Prophet Daniel mentioned in the Holy Qur'an, or does he have another name in it?
Is a girl's fast valid if her irregular menstrual period began two days before Ramadan, and then she performed ghusl and saw a brownish discharge, then the same discharge returned a day or two later in a large quantity, then it returned a third and fourth time in small quantities, until a yellowish then a whitish discharge appeared, and she did not perform ghusl believing it to be a kudra or sufra? What is incumbent upon her now?
Is the yellowish or brownish discharge that appears after seeing dryness considered menstruation, especially during a girl's first menstruation, and when these discharges recur after purification and before complete dryness, bearing in mind that the questioner does not know the usual number of days of her menstrual period?
Must a woman make up prayers and fasts if her menstrual period starts intermittently and lasts for 10 days or more? And should she pray during the initial intermittent periods, or wait until she is completely purified?
Must one remove fat and sweat transferred from the face to the hand during ablution, knowing that it was not present before the ablution?
What is the ruling on moving the finger during rukūʿ? And does it fall under innovation (bidʿah)?
What is the ruling on a husband divorcing his wife with a single, revocable pronouncement while she is at her family's home and in a state of menstruation, given the husband's ignorance of the prohibition of such an act? And what is incumbent upon him if he wishes to take her back, or if he does not?
What is the ruling on performing ghusl and prayer after the cessation of light bleeding for hours on the fourth and fifth days of the menstrual cycle, then seeing light bleeding again after ghusl, and is it permissible to delay ghusl until the fifth day to be certain of purity?