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Kinds of Blood Seen By Women
Istihadha "Menstruation irregular discharges"
One type of blood is seen by women is called Istihadha menstrual
irregular discharges and a woman in that state is called
mustahadha irregular menstruated.
398. Istihadha is usually yellowish and cold and is emitted
without gush or irritation and is also not thick. It, is
however, possible that at times the dolor of the blood may be
red or dark, and it may also be wrm and thick and may be be
issued with gush and irritation.
399. There are three kinds of the menstrual irregular discharges
viz. slight (Qealeela), medium (Mutawaassita) and excessive (Katheera).
Explanation is given blow:
I. Little Blood (Qualeela)
If the blood remains on the surface of the wool or pad etc.,
(placed by a woman on her private part) but does not penetrate
into it, the irregular menstrual discharge is called Qualeela.
II. Medium Blood (Mutawassita)
If the blood penetrates into the cotton (or pad etc) even
partially, but does not soak the cloth tied on the outer side,
the irregular menstrual charges is called Mutawassita.
III. Excessive Blood (Katheera)
If the blood penetrates through the cotton, soaking it and the
cloth (etc.) around it, the irregular menstrual discharges is
called Katheera.
Rules of Istihadha (irregular menstrual discharges)
400. In the case of little irregular menstruated a woman should
perform separate Ablution for every prayer and should, as a
recommended precaustoin, wash or change the pad. And if some
blood is found on the outer part of their private parts she
should purify it with water.
401. In case of Mutawassita, it is an obligatory precauston for
a woman to make one bath everyday for her daily prayers, and she
should act accordingly to the rules of little irregular
menstrual discharges as explained in the foregoing rule. If the
state of the irregular menstrual discharges began before or just
at the time of dawn prayers, she should perform bath before
offerring dawn prayers. If she does not perform bath
intentionally or forgetfully, she should perform bath before
midday and afternoon prayers. And if she misses even that, then
she should perform bath before praying the sunset and evening
perayers. This she would do regardless of whether bleeding
continues or stops.
402. In the case of excessive bleeding, woman should change, as
an obligatory precaution, the cotton or pad tied to her private
part, or she should make it pure with water. It is also
necessary that are should perform one bath for dawn prayers, one
for midday and Afternoon prayers and once again for sunset and
evening prayers. She shoul offer Afternoon prayers immediately
after midday prayers and if she allowed any lapse of time
between them, she should perform bath again for the Afternoon
prayers. Similarly if she keeps any time gap between the senset
and evening prayers, she should perform bath do again for
eventing prayers.
All these rules apply when bleeding is so excessive that it
continous soiling the pad etc. But if it takes longer to soil
the cotton or pad, and woman has enough time to pray one or more
prayer in between then, as per obligatory precaution, she would
changes the pad or wash it to perform the purify and then apply
the bath only when the cloth covering the pad or cotton is fully
soaked.
For example, if a woman praying the prayer of midday finds out
that the cloth is fully soaked again before the pryaers of
Afternoon, she would perform the bath for the Afternoon prayers.
And if she finds that the flow of blood is slow enough to allow
two or more prayers to be offered before the cotton or cloth is
totally soiled with blood, there will be no need for bath before
the ensuing prayer. For example, if she finds that there is
enough time to offer even the sunset and evening prayers, before
the cloth is fully soaked, she would pray the senset and evening
prayers without bath.
In every case, the bath in excessive irregular menstrual
discharges does not require Ablution after it.
403. If the blood of irregular menstrual discharges in seen
before the time for prayers has set in, and the woman has not
performed Ablution or bath for that bleeding, she should perform
Ablution or bath the time of prayers, even though she may not be
(irregular menstruated) at that time.
404. A woman whose the irregular menstrual discharges if medium
should first perform bath and then Ablution, as per obligaroty
precaution. But if a woman with the excessive irregular
menstrual discharges wishes to perform Ablution, she should do
so before the bath.
405. When a woman who had little irregular menstrual discharges
finds out after dawn prayers that her irregular menstrual
discharges has developed into medium one, she will have to
perform bath for midday, afternoon prayers. And if that change
occurs after midday, afternoon prayers, then she will perform a
bath for sunset and evening prayers.
406. If a woman finds out after dawn prayers that her little or
medium irregular menstrual discharges had developed into an
excessive one, and remained on that state, then she should
follow the direction given in rule no. 402 in respect of midday,
afternoon, sunset and evening prayers.
407. As explained in rule 402, a woman in excessive irregular
menstrual discharges must ensure that there is not time gap
between the bath and prayers. Therefore, if such a gap occurs
because of performing earlier, then that bath will be void, and
the woman will have to peform bath again. This rule applies to
those also who are in medium irregualar menstrual discharges.
408. Apart from the rules pertaining to the daily prayers, which
have been explained earlier, a woman in little and medium
irregular menstrual discharges must perform ablution for all
other prayer, obligatory or Recommendable. But if she desires to
repeat, as a precautionary measure the daily prayers, which she
has already offered or if she wishes to offer once again with
congregation the prayers which she had offered individually, she
should perform all the acts which have been mentioned with
regard to the irregular menstrual discharges. In the case of
prayer of precaution "forgotten prostration", "forgottn
tashahud" are performed immediately after the prayers it is not
necessary for her to follow the rules of the irregular menstrual
discharges. Similarly, no rules of the irregular menstrual
discharges will apply for performing the prostration of
inadvertence at any time.
409. After the bleeding to the irregular menstruated woman has
stopped, she should follow the rules of the irregular menstrual
discharges only for the first subsequent prayers, which she may
offer. For further prayers that follow, the rules of the
irregular menstrual discharges whould not be necessary.
410. If a woman does not know what kind of the irregular
menstrual discharges she has, she should insert into herself
some kind of the irregular menstrual discharges, it is she would
follow the rules prescribed. And, if she is sure that the type
of the irregular menstral discharges will not change by the time
she stands for her prayers she may carry out the test before the
time for prayers sets in.
411. If an irregular menstruated woman starts her prayers
without making any investigation, but her intention is to obey
the orders of Allah and act according to her duty then her
prayers are valid. For example, if her irregular menstrual
dischargeds was little, and she acted according to its rule, her
prayers will be correct and valid. But if she did not have the
intention of obeying Allah or following the rules her prayers
would be invalid. For example, she followed the rules of the
little irregular menstrual discharges while she was actually in
the medium one, her prayers would be invalid.
412. If an irregular menstruated woman cannot descern about her
irregular menstrual discharges she should act according to the
minimum certitude. For example, if she does not know whether her
irregualar menstrual discharges, is little or medium she should
follow the rules, which are prescribed for little irregular
menstrual discharges. And if she does not know whether her
irregular menstrual discharge is medium or excessive she should
perform the rules prescribed for the medium irregular menstrual
discharges. But, if she konws which of the three kinds of
irregular menstrual discharges she has had previously, then she
should act according to rules for that kind of irregular
menstrual discharges.
413. If at the time of its initial appearance the blood of
menstrual irregular discharges remains within the interior of
the body and does not come out, it does not nullify the Ablution
and bath are already performed by the woman. And if it icomes
out, it nullifies the Ablution and bath even if its quantity is
very small.
414. If an irregular menstruated woman examines herself at the
following performing the prayer and finds no blood, she can
perform other prayers with the same Ablution, even if she knows
that the blood would reappear.
415. If an irregular menstrualted woman knows that since the
time she has engaged herself with Ablution or bath blood has not
come out of her body, she can defer offering prayers for as long
as she knows she will remain in that pure state.
416. If an irregular menstruated woman knows that before the
time for prayers comes to an end, she will become totally
purified, or if she knows that at certain time, bleeding would
stop for the time required for offering prayers she should wait
and offer prayer when she is pure.
417. If an irregular menstruated woman, after having performed
the Ablution and bath, finds that the bleeding has ceased, and
she feels that if she delays the prayers she will become fully
pure, within the time required for the Ablution, bath and
prayer, she should delay the prayers, and offer them after
performing fresh Ablution and bath when she has become fully
pure. But if time for prayers is limited, it will not be
necessary for her to perform the Ablution and bath. She should
offer prayers with the Ablution and bath, which she already has.
418. When an irregular menstruated woman whose bleeding has been
excessive becomes fully pure, she should perfom bath. However,
if she knows that no blood was sen after having bath for the
previous prayers, it is not necessary for her to perform bath
again. As for the medium irregular menstual discharges, it is
not necessary to perform the bath after bleeding has stopped.
419. An irregular menstrual discharges women, with little,
medium or ecxessived bleeding, should commence their prayers
immediately after having acted according to their respective
rules, except in the situation described in rules 403 and 415.
But to recite Athan calling for prayers_and Iqama the permission
for entering into prayers_ before prayers or performing the
Recommendable acts like Qunut personal supplication... etc, will
have no objection.
420. If an irrgular menstruated woman who is required to allow
no time gap between the Ablution or bath and her prayers, does
not act accordingly, she would perform the ablution or the bath
again and then pray without any delay.
421. If the blood of the irregular menstruated discharges has a
swift flow and does not stop, and if stoppage of the blood is
not harmful to her, she should try to prevent the blood from
coming out after the bath. And if she ignore doing so, and the
blood comes out she should offer prayers all over again if she
had already prayed. MOreover, it is a recommended precaution
that she repeats the bath.
422. If the blood does not stop at the time of the bath is in
order. But, if during the bath, the medium rregular menstrual
discharges becomes excessive it will be necessary for her to
start the ritual ablution all over again.
423. For irregular menstruated woman who is fasting, it is a
recommend precaution that she prevents the blood from issuing
out of the body, throughout the day, as far as possible.
424. It is widely held that the fast of a woman whose irregular
menstrual discharges is excessive will be valid only if in the
night preceding the day on which she intends to fast she does
bath for the prayers of Sun-set and evening, and also does bath
during daytime which are obligatory for the daily prayers. But
most likely, the validity of her fasting does not depend on the
bath. Similarly; the validity of a woman fasting during medium
menstrual irregular discharges does not depend on the bath.
425. If a woman becomes irregular menstruated after Afternoon
prayers and does not perform bath till sin-set her fast will
undoubtedly be in order.
426. If a woman in little menstrual irregular discharges finds
out before starting the prayers that her bleeding has become
excessive or medium, she should perform the rules prescribed for
the medium or excessive mentstrual irregualr discharges as
mentioned above. And if the medium menstrual irregular discharge
becomes exessive she should follow the rules prescribed for the
excessive mentrual irregular discharge. And in case she has done
for medium msntrual irrgular discharge it would not suffice, and
she should perform bath again for excessive menstrual irregular
discharges.
427. If the medium menstrual irregular discharge becomes
excessive while she is already in prayer, she should break the
prayers and perform bath for the excessive menstrual irregular
discharges and also perform other relevant acts and repeat the
same prayers. And on the basis of recommended precaution she
should perform Ablution before the bath. And if she does not
have time for bath it is necessary that she should perform dry
ablution instead of bath. And if she finds that no time is left
even for dry Ablution then she should, on the basis of
precaution, not break the prayers and comeplete the same in that
very condition. It will be necessary for her to offer Quadha'
later. Similar rules will apply if during the prayer he little
menstrual irregular discharge becomes medium or excessive, she
will have to discontinue her prayers and follow the rules of
medium or excessive menstrual irregular discharges, and
whichever is applicable.
428. If the blood stops during the prayer and the irregular
menstruated woman does not know whether or not it has also
stopped internally, and if after her prayers she understands
that bleeding had totally stopped, and she has sufficient time
at her disposal to offer prayers again in a state of purity, it
will be an obligatory precaution for her to act according to hte
rules applicable to her and pray again.
429. If the excessive menstrual irregular discharges reduces to
the medium menstrual irregular discharges, the irregular
menstruated woman should perform the rules prescribed for the
excessive menstrual irregular discharges for the first prayers
and then medium menstrual irregular discharges for the later
prayers. For example, if an excessive menstrual irregular
discharges becomes medium before midday preyaers she should
perform Ablution and bath for midday prayers; and for the
Afternoon, sunset and evening prayers she should perform only
Ablution. However, if she does not perform bath for midday
prayers and has time for Afternoon prayers only she should
perform bath for Afternoon prayers. And if she does not not
perform bath even Afternoon prayers she should perform bath for
the sunset prayers. And if she does not perform bath for the
prayers as well and has just enough time for the evening prayers
only, she should perform bath for the evening prayers.
430. The excessive menstrual irregular discharges stops before
every prayer and starts coming again she should perform bath
before each prayer.
431. If the excessive menstrual irregular discharge reduces to
little, the irregular menstruaed woman should follow for the
first prayers the rules prescribed for the excessive menstrual
irregular discharges; and for the later prayers the rules
prescribed for the little menstrual irregular discharges.
Similarly, if the medium menstrual irregular discharges becomes
little she should follow rules prescribed for the medium
menstrual irregular discharges for the first prayer and those
prescribed for the little menstrual irregular discharges for the
later prayers.
432. If an irregular menstruated woman neglects anyone of the
obligatory rules, her prayers will be void.
433. If a woman who is in little or medium menstrual menstrual
irregular discharges wishes to engage in an act which requires
Ablution as a prerequisite, like touching the ascript of the
Qur'an., she should perform the Ablution for the purpose. The
Ablution made specifically for the prayer would not be
sufficient if she wishes to touch after the prayers is over.
434. An irregular menstruated woman who has done her obligatory
bath can go to the Mosque, pause for some time in it, and recite
the verses of the Qur'an, which contain obligatory Prostration.
It is also lawful for her husband to have sexual interourse with
her, though she may not have performed all the acts, which are
required before the prayers (e.g. changing the cotton and the
pad). And it is not unlikely that these acts may be permissible
even without the bath, but precaution is in avoiding them.
435. If a woman who is in a state of excessive or medium
menstrual irregular discharges wishes to recite, before the time
of prayers, a verse of the Qur'an, which contains an obligatory
prostration or the a Mosque, she should, on the basis of
recommend precaution, perform bath. And the same rule applies if
her husband wishes to have sexual intercourse with her.
436. Prayer of natural Phenonmenon (due to the sola or lunar
eclipse etc.) is obligatory for an irregular menstruated woman
and she should follow all the rules, which have been explained
in, with the daily prayers.
437. When prayer of natural event becomes obligatory for an
irregular menstruted woman at he time of daily prayers and she
wishes to offer these two prayers one after the other she
cannot, as per obligatory precaution, offer both of them with
one Ablution and one bath.
438. If an irregular menstruated woman wishes to offer Quadha'
prayers she should follow the same rules as are applicable to
the prayers offered within time. And as precaution, she will not
consider the acts performed for prayers within time as
sufficient for Quadha' prayers.
439. If a woman knows that the blood coming out of her body is
not of a wound and cannot decide on it being the blood of
menstruation or abortion because of the absence of the
propertiess defined by the Islamic laws, she should act
according to the rules in respect of menstrual irregular
discharges. And if she doubts whether it is a menstrual
irregular discharges or some other blood and it does not possess
other signs she should, on the basis of obligatory precaution,
follow the rules of menstrual irregular discharges. |
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