Sex during prolonged blood flow menses.
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Sex during prolonged
blood flow menses
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Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 1.72
Topic: Women with Prolonged Flows of Blood
Shariah defines such an occurrence as the
flowing of blood outside of the regular time. This usually happens in two
specific cases. In the first case, the woman knows that her flow of menstrual
blood is lasting longer than usual. In such a case, she will act according to
her customary period, and the remainder will be considered days of prolonged
blood flows. This is based on the hadith of Umm Salamah, in which she asked the
Messenger of Allah (saws) about this condition. He (saws) said, "She
should wait for the days and nights of her normal period and figure them out of
the month, and she should leave the prayer during those days. (Afterwards) she
should perform ghusl, tighten something around her vagina and then pray."
(Related by Bukhari and Muslim)
Al-Khattabi holds, "That regulation is
for the woman who is experiencing prolonged blood flows. If the blood is
flowing, the Prophet (saws) ordered her to leave the prayer during her regular
period, and to perform ghusl after her customary time has passed. Then, she
becomes just like any other purified person."
In the second case, a woman has a regular
period, but she is able to distinguish the blood. She should, therefore, behave
according to the type of blood she sees. Fatimah bint Abu Hubaish had a
prolonged flow of blood, and the Prophet (saws) told her, "If it is
menstrual blood, it is dark and recognizable. If you have that, abstain from
the prayer. If it is other than that, make ablution and pray, for it is a
vein."
If a believing woman is experiencing ‘spotting’ or
prolonged blood flow after her customary days of menstruation have elapsed, she
should perform the ‘ghusl’ or full bath of purification, tighten a pad or cloth
around her private parts, and make herself available for prayer.
After her ‘ghusl’, she will be considered pure from her
ceremonial impurity of menstruation, and all the restrictions which lay upon
her due to her menstruation would now be deemed lifted. She would thus be at absolute liberty to
enjoy conjugal relations with her husband in their sacred bond of marriage.
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Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan