Bleeding Issues [Third ~ S h o w]

 Bleeding Issues

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

The basic principle regarding the bleeding experienced by women is that it is menses (hayd), so long as it does not last for longer than fifteen days, in which case it is regarded as istihaadah (irregular bleeding) by the majority of scholars.

Some of the scholars – including Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) – are of the view that a woman is not mustahaadah (experiencing irregular bleeding) unless the bleeding lasts all month, or for most of the month.

If a woman who has a regular cycle experiences istihaadah, if she knows her regular cycle, the time when her menses begins and ends, and how many days it lasts, then she should stop praying etc. at that time, even if the blood looks different.

And her cycle is the duration of her menses and the duration of the time when she is “pure” (i.e., not menstruating), such as fourteen days of menses, or one day and one night, which is the minimum duration thereof, and thirteen days for the time when she is “pure”, which is the minimum duration thereof.

The second scenario is when she remembers how many days her menses usually lasted, but she has forgotten when in the (lunar) month it used to occur, but she thinks it was probably the second half of the month. In that case she should count the same number of days for her menses from when she realises her menses has started.

If she does not know how long her period lasts,  because she does not know whether her menses used to come at the beginning of the month, in the middle or at the end, then she should start counting her menses from the beginning of each lunar month, on the basis that this is most likely to be the case.

To be continued...