Published Date: 2016-06-25
Question:
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 3:37 AM, <no.name@no.mail.com > wrote:
BismeeAllah salamo alaykom Sheikh,
My name is *(a sister).
I got my period just now, but I'm thinking, why not fast anyway? I feel good. I'm not sick. So, I search around and I don't find anything says I have to miss my Ramadan and make it up later, just because I'm a women, with normal cycles.
Allah told us to not fast if the woman is حائض?
There's only 2 exceptions I find about not fasting - 1) someone who is sick; 2) someone traveling
OK. I'm not sick. I'm not traveling. I can fast. I don't have to make up days later for missing days now.
Who says الحائض cannot fast?
Barokum wa jazokom Allahu kharian.
Salamo alaykom,
Sister *********
005 : 1.071A : They cannot fast, menstruating women.If women fast, their fasting will be considered null and void. If they fast during the month of Ramadan, they will still have to make those days of fasting up later on. Mu'azhah said, "I asked 'Aishah, 'Why must we make up the fasts missed due to our menstruation, and not the prayers?' She said, 'That was what the Messenger of Allah told us to do. We were ordered to make up the fasts, and we were ordered not to make up the prayers." (Related by "the group"*) * "group" means the major scholars of hadith like, Bukhari, Muslim, etc.
Missing Ramadan Due to Menses
Q: I got my first menses when I was twelve years old, and now I’m 20. I did not know that fasting during menses is not permissible, and I was shy to ask my family, what should I do regarding these days? Also my mother missed some days due to illness and headaches, what should she do in this case?
A: We know that when a woman is in her menses, she’s not allowed to fast and she’s not allowed to pray. Once she is clean and pure from . . [click for more]
This is because if she were to fast while menstruating or post-partum bleeding, this would harm her. It is from the mercy of Allah that she is sanctioned not to fast.
As for the prayer, during menses, she is in a situation that keeps her from being purified.
It is again from Allah's mercy that He has commanded that they do not pray while they are menstruating as well as during post-partum bleeding. He has also ordered that they do not make up their prayers.
This is because if they were ordered to make up their prayers, it would be a hardship upon them. Prayer is repeated five times in a day and night. Menses may last for a number of days, up to seven or eight or more.
Post-partum bleeding lasts for forty days. It is from the mercy of Allah and His goodness to them that they are not obliged to perform or make up the prayers of such conditions.
However, this does not mean that they have a shortcoming in understanding in everything or that they have a shortcoming in religion in every matter.~ { End } ~
What if her monthly cycle (period) starts just a moment before sunset? . . .
~ Other sources ~
If my period comes while I am fasting, should I complete the day fasting or not?.
If a woman gets her period while fasting, her fast is spoiled, even if the blood comes a moment before sunset, and she has to make that up if it was an obligatory fast. It is haraam for her to continue fasting when she is menstruating.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Majmoo’ (2/386):
The ummah is unanimously agreed that it is haraam for women who are menstruating or bleeding following childbirth to fast and that their fast is not valid… The ummah is also unanimously agreed that it is obligatory for these women to make up missed Ramadaan fasts. Al-Tirmidhi, Ibn al-Mundhir, Ibn Jareer, our companions and others narrated that there was consensus on this point.
Ibn Qudaamah said in al-Mughni (4/397):
The scholars are unanimously agreed that it is not permissible for women who are menstruating or bleeding following childbirth to fast, and that they should not fast in Ramadaan but should make up missed fasts. If they do fast, their fast is not accepted. ‘Aa’ishah said: “We used to menstruate at the time of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and we were commanded to make up the fasts, but we were not commanded to make up the prayers.” Agreed upon. The one who commanded them thus was the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Abu Sa’eed said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Is it not the case that when one of you menstruates, she does not pray or fast? That is what is meant by lacking in religious commitment.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari.
Menstruating women and women who are bleeding following childbirth are regarded as the same, because the blood of nifaas is like the blood of menstruation, so it comes under the same rulings. If menstruation starts during the day, the fast of that day is invalidated, whether it starts at the beginning of the day or at the end. If a menstruating woman intends to fast and refrains from eating or drinking, even though she knows that that is haraam, she is committing a sin, and that fast does not count.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said in his essay al-Dima’ al-Tabee’iyyah li’l-Nisa’ (p.28):
If a woman menstruates when she is fasting, her fast is invalidated even if that is a moment just before sunset, and she has to make up that day if it was an obligatory fast.
If she feels that her period is about to begin but nothing comes out until after sunset, then her fast is complete and is not invalidated, according to the correct view.
The Standing Committee (10/155) was asked about a woman who fasted and shortly before sunset and before the adhaan, her period came. Is her fast valid?
They replied: if her period came before sunset her fast is invalid and she has to make it up. If it came after sunset then her fast is valid and she does not have to make it up.
Source: IslamQA.com
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