Section : Menstruation. In Arabic, the word for menstruation (haizh) literally means “running.” Here it refers to the discharge of blood during a woman’s state of health, not from giving birth or breaking the hymen. Most scholars say that its…
Section : Requirements for blood to be considered menstrual. 1. Dark. Once, when Fatimah bint Abu Habash had a prolonged flow of blood, the Prophet told her, “If it is the blood of menstruation, it will be dark and recognizable.…
Section : There is no stated minimum or maximum length of time for the menses. All statements dealing with this topic have no sound backing. If a woman has a customary length of time for her menses, she should according…
Section : Post-Childbirth bleeding. Such bleeding occurs after the birth of a child, regardless if the child survived the birth or not. This type of bleeding has no minimum duration, for it could stop right after the birth, or there…
Section : Forbidden Acts for Women Experiencing Menstruation and Post-Childbirth Bleeding. All acts forbidden for a person who has not yet cleansed himself from sex or a wet dream are prohibited to women in these two conditions, as these are…
Section : They cannot fast, menstruating women. If women fast, their fasting will be considered null and void. If they fast during the month of Ramadan, they will still have to make those days of fasting up later on. Mu’azhah…
Section : She can not engage in sexual intercourse. Said Anas, “When a Jewish woman was menstruating, her husband would not eat or sleep with her. The companions asked the Prophet, upon whom be peace, about that, and Allah revealed:…
Section : Women with Prolonged Flows of Blood. Islam defines such an occurrence as the flowing of blood outside of the regular time. This usually happens in three specific cases. In the first case, the woman knows that her flow…
Section : Ghusl, menstruating women (with Prolonged Flows of Blood). She does not have to perform ghusl for every prayer, except for the one time when her period or blood flow has ended.
Section : She must make ablution for every prayer, menstruating women (with Prolonged Flows of Blood). Said the Prophet, “Make ablution for every prayer.” According to Malik, this is only preferred and not obligatory (unless she nullifies her ablution, of…
Section : Keeping the blood in check, menstruating women (with Prolonged Flows of Blood). She is to wash her vagina before she makes ablution, and she should wear something which soaks up the blood. It is preferred for her to…
Section : Ablution, menstruating women (with Prolonged Flows of Blood). She should not make ablution before the prayer’s time begins.
Section : Sex, menstruating women (with Prolonged Flows of Blood). She may have intercourse with her husband even while the blood is flowing, according to most scholars, because there is no evidence to the contrary. Said Ibn ‘Abbas, “If she…
Section : What she can do, menstruating women (with Prolonged Flows of Blood). She is to be considered a pure person, and she may pray, fast, remain in the mosque, recite the Qur’an, touch a copy of the Qur’an, and…