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That time of the month question... Sister's only, please...  :-)
Denise
11/30/01 at 13:21:44
Ok, yes I have read Hadiths about this, and know anything after 10 days we can consider non menses flow... I think... Correct me if I am wrong...    I just want other sister's input. How do most sister's determine when their menses of over?  During Ramadan I become cautious about determining when it's over... What I mean is this... My menses last anytime between 5-10 days.... When it's around the end I am light, but sometimes a sudden flow will start even after I see brown... So, I usually wait until I just can't one tiny iddy biddy sign... So, when Ramadan is in and I am coming near the end, I hold off from food just in case... I know Allah judges us by our intentions...   Salaam Alaikum!  ;)

Re: That time of the month question... Sister's only, please...  :-)
MuslimaKanadiyya
11/30/01 at 15:53:08
[slm] I was wondering the same thing, so I looked it up on Islam QA and found this: [color=Blue] Question: I wanted to know how a woman should determine when to start praying after her menses. What should she do if she thinks she has finished her menses and starts praying and then later she sees more blood or a brown discharge? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: when a woman menstruates, her period is over when the blood stops, regardless of whether the blood was a lot or a little. Many fuqahaa’ stated that the shortest length of a woman’s period is a day and a night, and the longest is fifteen days. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said there was no minimum or maximum for it; when the bleeding is present with its distinct qualities, this is menstruation, whether it is a little or a lot. He said: “Menstruation (al-hayd): Allaah has attached numerous rulings to it in the Qur’aan and Sunnah, but He did not state the shortest or longest length (of a menstrual period), or the length of the period of tahaarah between two menstrual periods, even though the need to know that exists.” Then he said: “Some of the scholars defined a maximum and minimum, but they differed concerning that, and some stated a maximum length without defining a minimum. The third view is most correct, which states that there is no minimum or maximum.” (Majmoo’ al-Fataawaa, 19/237) Secondly: There is a kind of bleeding which is called “al-istihaadah”, [irregular, non-menstrual vaginal bleeding] which is different from menstrual bleeding. It is governed by rulings which differ from those governing menstruation. This blood (istihaadah) may be distinguished from the blood of menstruation by the following: Colour: menstrual blood is black [dark red] whilst the blood of istihaadah is red. Consistency: menstrual blood is thick and heavy, whilst the blood of istihaadah is thin. Smell: menstrual blood has an offensive odour whilst the blood of istihaadah does not, because it comes from an ordinary vein. Clotting: menstrual blood does not clot when it comes out of the body whilst the blood of istihaadah does clot because it comes from a vein. These are the characteristics of menstrual blood, so if this description fits the blood that is coming out, it is hayd (menstruation); ghusl is waajib (obligatory) and this blood is naajis (impure), but ghusl is not required in the case of istihaadah. When a woman has her period she is not allowed to pray, but when the bleeding is istihaadah, that is not the case. But she has to be careful and has to do wudoo’ for each prayer if the flow of blood continues to the next prayer. If blood comes out whilst she is praying, it does not matter. [color=Green]Thirdly; a woman can know that her period has ended by two things: The white discharge which comes from the womb to show that the period is over. Complete dryness, if a woman does not have this white discharge. In this case she can find out if her period has ended by inserting a piece of white cotton or something similar into the place where the blood comes from; if it comes out clean, then her period is over and she has to do ghusl and pray. If the cloth comes out red, yellow or brown, she should not pray. [/color] The women used to send small containers in which were these cloths with traces of yellow on them to ‘Aa’ishah, and she would say, “Do not hasten until you see the white discharge.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari mu’allaqan. Kitaab al-Hayd, Baab iqbaal al-muhayd wa idbaarihi. Also by Maalik, 130). But if there is a yellow or brownish discharge when a woman does not have her period, this does not mean anything and she should not stop praying or do ghusl because of it, because it does not necessitate ghusl or cause janaabah (impurity). Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “We did not bother about any yellow or brownish discharge after a woman’s period was over.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 307. It was also narrated by al-Bukhaari, 320, but he did not mention “after a woman’s period was over.”) “We did not bother about” means we did not think it was menstruation, but it is a naajis (impure) discharge which means that a woman has to wash it away and do wudoo’. But if the white discharge is immediately followed by a period, then it is part of the period. Fourthly: if a woman believes that her period has ended, then she starts bleeding again, if the blood has the characteristics of menstrual blood as described above, then this is menstrual bleeding, otherwise it is istihaadah. If it is the former, she should not pray. If it is the latter, she should be careful and do wudoo’ for each prayer, then pray. Concerning the brownish discharge, if she sees this after her period has ended, then the ruling is that it is taahir (pure), but it requires her to do wudoo’ only. But if she sees it during the time of her period, then it comes under the rulings of menstruation. And Allaah knows best.[/color] [url]http://65.193.50.117/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=5595&dgn=2[/url] [wlm] Leslie

Re: That time of the month question... Sister's only, please...  :-)
Barraa
12/01/01 at 00:37:30
i dont understand. what do you mean???

Re: That time of the month question... Sister's only, please...  :-)
M.F.
12/03/01 at 08:38:26
Assalamu alaikum From what I understand, you have to wait till absolutely nothing colored comes out.  That's the end of your period.  Then after that, if there's something else like sth brown you just ignore it.
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