Bleeding Issues [Final ~ S h o w]

 Bleeding Issues

[Final ~ S h o w]
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

To sum up:

Whatever bleeding or secretions occur at the time of menses come under the ruling on menses, whether that occurs before the usual menstrual bleeding and is connected to it, or it comes at the end of your period, before you see the usual signs of tuhr (end of menses).

Thus you will know that you have to refrain from fasting and praying for the entire duration of your period, whether it is seven days or ten days, so long as you have not yet seen your tuhr (sign that the period has ended). If your period ended on the 17th, for example, then you have to purify yourself and do ghusl, and resume praying and fasting, from the time when you see your tuhr. The same applies if that happens on the 18th. And you have to do that every month.

If you see bleeding two weeks after the end of your period and it does not look like menstrual blood, then this is irregular bleeding (istihaadah) and not menses, because it does not match the description of menstrual blood and it has not come at the time of your usual period. So that should not prevent you from fasting and praying; rather you should take measures to prevent it getting onto your clothing (e.g., wear pads), and do wudoo’ for *each* prayer, then pray.

You should continue to pray and fast until your period begins, and you recognise it by its signs or because it comes at the usual time of your period, as explained above. :

If you are no longer certain about any of these matters, and you no longer know the time of your period or how long it lasts, and you cannot distinguish between menstrual bleeding and other bleeding, then you should regard your period as being seven days, which is the closest thing to your previous cycle, and put it at the time when you use to get your period before it became irregular. Then (after seven days), do ghusl and pray, as the Prophet (pbuh) said to Hamnah bint Jahsh, when she complained to him that she was bleeding a great deal: 👉 “That is only a kick from the shaytaan, so *count your menses as six or seven days*, which is something known to Allah, then wash yourself and when you see that you have become pure and it is over, then pray for twenty-four or twenty-three days, and fast and pray. That will suffice you, so do what other women do with regard to their menses and purification.” 📚Narrated by Ahmad (27474) and Abu Dawood (287), and others; classed as hasan by al-Albaani.

Finally:

Whatever bleeding or secretions occur at the time of menses come under the same ruling as menses, whether that occurs before the typical menstrual bleeding and is connected to it, or it comes at the end of the period before the signs of tuhr.

If bleeding occurs two weeks after the end of the period, and does not match the description of menstrual bleeding, then it does not come under the same rulings as menses and does not prevent a woman from praying and fasting, until the period begins.

If your menstrual cycle has become irregular and you are confused about the type of bleeding, and you cannot distinguish between menstrual bleeding and other types of bleeding, then regard your period as being seven days, which is the closest to your previous cycle, and regard it as beginning at the time when you used to get your period before it became irregular, then (after that) do ghusl and pray.

Allah Alone Knows Best