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Issues regarding Abnormal Bleeding
Bleeding other than normal menses is “abnormal bleeding”
Some sisters have continuous spotting and some have irregular spotting after their menses are over.
Normally every woman is aware of the system of her menses; the date it starts on, the type of flow, the duration of menses.
So if a woman has continuous bleeding, she should wait for the duration of her menses and then take a bath and can continue her fasts and namaaz.[Bukhari Book #6, Hadith #303)]
If a woman has irregular menses, and cannot be sure of the dates when it starts and the duration of menses, then a woman should differentiate the “flow of blood” between menses and abnormal bleeding on the basis of color of the blood.
And such woman should make wu’du every time she has to offer namaz.
The color of the blood for menses is “dark in color”. [Bukhari, Abu Dawud]
If a woman has irregular periods and also cannot differentiate between the color of menses and abnormal bleeding, then she should herself “set” the date and the “duration” of her menses as she had when she used to have regular menses /the manner in which she had her regular menses for a period of time. She can also use the habits of menses of the women of her age, stage , status( no. of children) in her family and area that she lives in to determine a “course of menses” and fix the duration as 6-7 days ..
For ex. If a woman has extremely irregular menses and she cannot determine the date of starting, the duration of menses and also the color of menses, then she can refer to the date she used to start her menses in her regular days, like 7th of a month, the no. of days it continued for; 5 days.
So from then on, she can “appoint” the 7th of every month as the day she starts her menses, the duration as 5 days and after that she can continue to pray even if she has bleeding.
She can treat that “bleeding” as “abnormal bleeding”.
A woman who has abnormal bleeding is as “paak” as a woman who has clearly finished her menses.
NOW A VERY IMPORTANT RULING FOR WOMEN WHO SUFFER FROM ABNORMAL BLEEDING:
1. A woman HAS to make a fresh wu’du before EACH namaaz. This also implies that we clean up ourselves, change our napkins, put a fresh one and then make wu’du and hurry up to pray.
2. A woman takes a bath for fajr, and then again takes a bath for zuhr, hurries up to pray asr. Then she delays her magrib, takes a bath and then prays magrib and then hurries ro pray isha.
The first ruling HAS to be DONE. BUT the Prophet s.a.w liked the second ruling more. So if possible to take a bath 3 times (for fajr,zuhr+asr,magrib+isha) would earn more sawab.[Tirmizi]
A wife of the Prophet s.a.w used to do itikhaf with the Prophet s.a.w in the state of abnormal bleeding.
Sexual relations with a woman while she is having “abnormal bleeding” is ALLOWED after she takes a bath. [Abu Dawud]
Separately wash clothes with blood from “abnormal bleeding.”
If a person missed their witr prayer (forgets to pray or gets too late) then the qaza can be prayed before praying the sunnats of fajr or any time of the day.
If a woman begins to bleed while praying, she needs to pray the qaza of that prayer after she finishes her menses.
Discharge before menses start : to be considered as Abnormal Bleeding.
But if the discharge is yellowish and starts just before menses, then it is to be considered menses, but if the discharge starts 2-3 days before menses, then its supposed to be considered as “abnormal bleeding”.
We should take care to dispose off our dirty napkins, of cloths or cotton used during menses or abnormal bleeding. As these and nails and hair are used by people who indulge in black magic
The ONLY Manner of washing and “purifying “ our dirty clothes is to wash and then check that even the last drop of water which comes out when we squeeze it , should be clean with no coloration in it.
If we are washing our dirty clothes in the bathroom , then we should take care to wash them in a manner that, drops of water don’t fly everywhere around the bathroom.
And once, we have finished washing our clothes, then we should check that we don’t leave any “najasat” /”filth around to trouble any one else who might use the same place for wu’du or other purposes.
We should pour water, or use detergent and soap or even sand/mud to clean that area if necessary.
The point is to wash the clothes in a manner that we don’t dirty the area around and ourselves unnecessarily and to check and clean the area after wards of any najasat or filth.
Some sisters have a white /yellow discharge for some days after their menses stop.
A fresh wu’du is mandatory for each namaz and care should be taken that this discharge doesn’t come on the clothes. If it does, then those clothes are not “clean” for namaaz till that najasat is removed and the clothes ( area) cleaned.
Some sisters (commonly during menopause) have irregular menses.
For Example : they have bleeding for 2 days and then it stops and then again they have bleeding after 3 days. In such s case the ruling mentioned above, where in the sister has to check the “type” of blood flow and also according to her manner of getting menses and deal with the situation accordingly. If the blood flow is not dark and thick, then its “istihaza/abnormal bleeding” and if the number of days of regular periods are over and still flow of blood and it is not dark , then its “istihaza” and if not then “menses”.
A pregnant woman can stop her prayers after the water bag bursts. Any discharge before the water bag bursts is not considered any najasat. One can wash and continue to pray.
The maximum duration of menses is considered 15 days. Some people due to any reasons can get periods after that 15 day period is over..and before the normal dates.
In such a case, the type of blood flow ( dark menses and red normal blood) has to be checked. It simple spotting and discharge then its “istihaza/abnormal bleeding” and if similar or same as menses blood then menses.
Istihaza/ abnormal bleeding is a reason of restlessness and unhappiness ,as confusion about whether to do ibaadat and the general feelings of “not being clean” arises.
In such situations, sabr and hope for excellent ajar in such situations of istihaza is a good practice.
Divorce will be accepted during “istihaza/abnormal bleeding” but it is recommended to try to sort out the relation and give it one more chance.
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