QUESTION: During the month of Ramadan, I regained my state of purity before Fajr, I put the intention of fast, but I did not have time to do ghusl before Fajr, I did them after, is my fast valid?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
10 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, its valid

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QUESTION: If we want to fast the 6 days of shawwal we have to complete the missed fasts of Ramadan so my question is my 3 fasts were missed due to periods but I got my periods 3-4 minutes before iftar so do I have to count that fast also and complete 6 fast shawwal + 4 fast of missed fast Or I have to keep 3 fasts that were missed with 6 fasts of shawwal

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
08 Apr

ANSWER: If the period comes even a few seconds before Maghrib, your fast of that day is not valid and you must make it up 

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QUESTION: I had read the Quran up to the 9th para, then I got my periods. I continued reading from the 10th para on my mobile because I could not touch the Quran. And during my periods I completed 15 paras. My friend says those paras will not be counted because I read some while pure and some during my periods. Is that true?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
24 Mar

ANSWER: What you are doing is perfect and fine and your friend is ignorant and doesn’t have any knowledge

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QUESTION: I experience spotting before my periods. For example, At Maghrib time I had discharge so I wash and change my pad, take wudu and pray. At Isha time there was no discharge so I proceed to pray. Then while praying I feel discharge. I cannot be certain of what it is untill I look. What is the correct procedure for this regarding my salah?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer, Purity
14 Feb

ANSWER: If you check immediately after prayers and see spotting, you need to clean yourself, renew your wudhu and repeat that prayer.

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QUESTION: Can i recite quran while on menses(in general,by heart or phone)? if yes, i know i cant touch the mushaf, but can i recite from the mushaf without touching it?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
25 Jan

ANSWER: This is permissible.  You can touch the mushaf with a barrier like gloves or holding a piece of cloth etc

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QUESTION: If a woman is free from periods after 7 days and sign of purity shows but didnot take ghusl.. Can she intercourse amd then take ghusl? Or first take ghusl?

Fiqh of Marriage, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
19 Jan

ANSWER: This is not permissible! She must first take ghusl to get pure and then can have intimacy with her husband

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QUESTION: After my periods, I get white discharge that may be watery or thick, which can wet or collect on my clothes. When I’m outside and cannot change frequently, what is the Islamic ruling on purity and prayer, and what alternatives are allowed for performing ibadah?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Purity
13 Jan

ANSWER: This normal vaginal white discharge that women get after seeing their purity and performing ghusul is pure and doesn’t require washing it off or renewal of wudu to pray. Does the white discharge that comes after the periods end invalidate wudu? What is the ruling when it comes while in salah?

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QUESTION: Is it necessary to cut nails and shave after our periods have ended and before the ghusl? What is the ruling?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Purity
14 Dec

ANSWER: Shaving the pubic area & cutting nails has nothing to do with purity or ghusul as they are separate things.  Removing pubic and armpit hair & cutting nails has nothing to do with ghusl after menses.

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QUESTION: When a woman becomes pure from her menses then takes ghusl, can she wear the same clothes she was wearing before the ghusl if she is certain there is no impurity on them?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Purity, Women clothing
11 Dec

ANSWER: No problem.

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QUESTION: If its the day when im supposed to get my period/ill get it soon, and im in salah, and i feel something come out but im not sure if its my menses or normal discharge. What should i do?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer
22 Nov

ANSWER: You should continue praying

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