Menstruation and Postpartum Rulings

A book in Indonesian underlines the difference and Islamic rulings of menses, postpartum period, and abnormal bleeding, along with related issues as divorce and intercourse.

A Muslim believer is constantly cleansing and purifying himself, both his heart and his body. Here is a brief summary discussing physical purity and ritual purity, which is required for certain acts of worship. It includes fiqh rulings pertaining to impure substances, to ghusl, wudhū’, tayammum, menstruation and other related issues. .

A book translated into Uzbek provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

A book translated into Persian provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

A book translated into Bengali provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

A fatwa translated into German provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

A book translated into Azerbaijani provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

A fatwa translated into Vietnamese provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

A book translated into Turkish provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

A fatwa translated into Urdu provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

An episode in English of the illustrated fiqh of worship series shows the rules, conditions, and etiquette of menstruation, istihadhah (irregular bleeding), and post-natal bleeding in the Islamic fiqh.

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “There is a woman who has reached the age of fifty. When she got her period in Ramadan she did not fast those days, but then she did not make them up because she was unaware that it is obligatory to make up missed fasts. Now she has come to know that it is obligatory to make up missed fasts. What should she do?”

Types of natural blood of women

An article translated into Uzbek excerpted from the book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh" of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwajre (may Allah preserve him) includes the following issues about menstruation and postpartum blood: Definition, ruling, blood source, times, forbidden acts while being in this state, ruling on having something stopping menstruation, signs of purification, ruling of yellowish and brownish excretions, and having intercourse with menstruating women with/out penetration. It also shows some issues about false menses: cases, description of purification, blood ruling, and difference between menstruation and false menstruation.

An article in Arabic excerpted from the book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh" of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwajre (may Allah preserve him) includes the following issues about menstruation and postpartum blood: Definition, ruling, blood source, times, forbidden acts while being in this state, ruling on having something stopping menstruation, signs of purification, ruling of yellowish and brownish excretions, and having intercourse with menstruating women with/out penetration. It also shows some issues about false menses: cases, description of purification, blood ruling, and difference between menstruation and false menstruation.

A short lecture in English in which Sh. Mahmoud Reda Murad talks about some rules women have to follow during menstrual and postnatal periods.

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "If a woman is in impure condition on 9th, 10th, and 11th of Muharram due to which she can not fast. Is it possible to make up those fast on other days after her ghusl?"

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "I am a sister who will be going to Hajj this year, inshallah. However, I am expecting my monthly cycle to begin around the time I have to do the obligatory tawaf of Ka'ba. I have therefore been advised to take a hormone tablet that my doctor has agreed to prescribe me in order to delay my monthly cycle until after I complete Hajj. Please would you explain the Islamic standpoint of taking a hormone tablet to delay the natural cycle?"

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "A woman came for Hajj and got her period after she entered ihraam. Her mahram had to leave straightaway and she has no one else in Mecca. What is the ruling?"

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to hold the Mushaf with a barrier and perform ruqyah for herself?"