Menstruation & Post-partum bleeding
- Is It Mandatory in Islam to Wash Used Sanitary Pads Before Throwing Them?None of the trustworthy scholars have stated that a woman has to wash her feminine pads which may have traces of menstrual blood, if she is going to throw them away and not use them again.79,925
- Can Menstruating Women Enter Al-Masjid An-Nabawi?Menstruating women are not forbidden to enter Makkah or Madinah. There is nothing in the texts to suggest that they are not allowed to enter these cities.145,167
- She gets brownish spotting before the bleeding starts74,174
- Is Miscalculating Menstrual Purity a Sin in Islam?Unintentional miscalculation of menses is not a sin. If a woman thinks that she has become pure and starts praying and fasting, then she realises that she is still menstruating, then she has to stop praying and fasting until she becomes pure, and she should make up the obligatory fasts that she observed during that time.117,362
- Taking pills to prevent period in the last ten days of Ramadaan64,270
- Praying during Menstruation because of ShynessMuslims scholars agreed that it is prohibited for a menstruating woman to pray, whether that is obligatory prayers or supererogatory. Based on this, if a woman does that she has to repent to Allah and to seek His forgiveness for what she did.20,468
- She had a slight bleed and a brownish discharge, then it turned out that she was pregnant. Should she make up missed prayers?48,594
- If a menstrual period lasts longer than usual38,990
- There is nothing wrong with a menstruating woman entering the mosque to take something she needs and then come out24,696
- Can I Pray after Miscarriage?The correct scholarly view is that if a woman miscarries a foetus that was fully formed, then she should stop praying and fasting because this is postpartum bleeding. If the foetus was not fully formed, then her blood is irregular bleeding and she should not stop praying and fasting.159,215