Chief Admin: Bleeding Issues [Second ~ Show]

 Chief Admin:

Bleeding Issues
[Second ~ Show]
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Firstly:

The blood of menses is well-known to every women (in terms of colour, odor and thickness). If you see that type of blood, then it is your menses, whether the duration of the bleeding is seven days or eight, or more or less, so long as it does not last for longer than fifteen days.

Secondly:

Brownish secretions come under the same rulings as menses if they are connected to it and come straight after it, before the woman sees the signs of tuhr (purity, i.e., the end of menses) which she knows. So they are regarded as part of the period, even if their characteristics differ from those of menstrual bleeding.

Similarly, if the woman usually has these secretions at the beginning of her period, and they are connected to the menstrual bleeding that she knows, accompanied by pains or cramps, or they come at the usual time of her period, then they are also regarded as part of the period.

"The majority of fuqaha’ are of the view that yellowish or brownish discharges during the time of the period are also menses, because they are what a woman usually sees at the time when her period may come. Moreover, the women used to send to ‘Aa’ishah (r.a.) small vessels in which there was a cloth on which there was yellowish or brownish discharge, and she would say to them: Do not be hasty, until you see the white discharge – referring to the tuhr which signals the end of the period."

👉Shaykh Ibn Baaz (r.h.) said:

The dirty-looking discharge that appears after the end of the period, and does not appear at the time of the period itself, is not to be acted upon and no attention should be paid to it, because the brownish or yellowish discharge after tuhr which signals the end of the period is not regarded as being of any significance. It is not regarded as menses; rather it comes under the same heading as urine: the woman who experiences that has to clean herself with water (istinja’) and do wudoo’ as for prayer, and take measures to prevent it getting onto her clothing (e.g., wearing pads) when the time for each prayer begins.

But if that discharge comes immediately after the period and is connected to it, or it comes at the beginning of the period, or at the time when the period is expected, then it is regarded as menses. In that case the woman should not pray or circumambulate the Ka‘bah (tawaaf) until she becomes pure (i.e., her period ends and she does ghusl). 📚End quote from Majmoo‘ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (29/116)

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (r.h.) was also asked: 👇

Before my period begins I get a discharge that is brown in colour and lasts for five days, and after that the menstrual bleeding begins, and lasts for eight days after the first five days. She says: I pray during these five days, but I wonder whether I have to fast and pray during these days or not? Please advise me, may Allah reward you.

He replied:

If the five days during which the brownish discharge occurs are separate from the days when bleeding occurs, then they are not part of the menses and you have to pray and fast during these days, and do wudoo’ for each prayer, because this comes under the same rulings as urine, not the rulings on menses. So it does not prevent you from praying or fasting, but you have to do wudoo’ every time (for each prayer) until it stops, as is also the case with regard to irregular bleeding (istihaadah).

But if these five days are connected to the period, then they come under the heading of menses and should be regarded as part of the period. In that case you should not pray or fast during those days.

Similarly, if this brownish or yellowish discharge comes after the tuhr which signals the end of menses, then they are not regarded as menses; rather they come under the same ruling as irregular bleeding (istihaadah). You have to clean yourself with water (istinja’) every time, and do wudoo’ and pray and fast.

That is not regarded as menses, and you are permissible for your husband (at that time), because Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We used not to regard the yellowish brownish discharge after the white discharge (that signals the end of the period) as being of any significance. Narrated by al-Bukhaari in his Saheeh, and by Abu Dawood. Umm ‘Atiyyah was one of the virtuous women of the Sahaabah who narrated many hadeeths from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, and may Allah be pleased with her). And Allah is the source of strength. 📚End quote from Majmoo‘ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (10/207-208)