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Can we have sexaul relationship with our wives while she is menstruating?
A hadith in Sahih Bukhari is not going to flatly contradict the Qur'an (in this case Qur'an 2:222 ...keep away from wives during menstruation...): the narrators of these ahadith and the author ...
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Is there any truth to the claim that a man may not shake hands with a woman because she menstruates and is therefore unclean?
Menses entails ritual impurity similar to defecation, urination and ejaculation. It does not however make a woman inherently unclean or untouchable, similar to how urination does not make someone ...
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Can we have sexaul relationship with our wives while she is menstruating?
In addition to Rebecca's good answer I'd like to say that the hadith shows a couple of things: The Prophet () was not knowing that Safiya had her menses, nor when it started.
The point of this hadith ...
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What acts of worship are prohibited for a woman undergoing menstruation?
Prayer: Salah is prohibited and invalid. This also includes things that come under the rulings of prayer such as سجدة التلاوة.
إذا أقبلت الحيضة فدعي الصلاة
Give up the prayer when your menses begin
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Do women need to check their menstruation before Fajr to see if they are required to also pray the previous night Isha?
We find in the sunnah:
He who finds a rak'ah of the prayer, he in fact finds the prayer.
(In Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim and elsewhere)
This is the criterion and basis on which we can ...
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I have an period where the blood comes in small amounts; is it valid for me to fast or pray?
No it isn't and it is rather a sinful act unless you see no blood, but a "white discharge".
Read for example:
"Women used to send little boxes to A'isha, umm al-muminin, with a piece ...
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Is using synthetic musk after menses okay?
Sahih Muslim contains the hadith
'A'isha reported: A woman asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) how to wash herself after menstruation. She mentioned that he taught her how to take bath and then told her ...
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What can a man do to satisfy his sexual desires when he cannot have relations with his wife?
i think probably it is ok to make several days of additional fasting. there is hadith about fasting for unmarried young people.
you can see hadithes at https://sunnah.com/search/?q=marry+fast .
for ...
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Should a woman pray when she has discharge?
Adding to Faqirah's answer, here's a hadith from Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Menstrual Periods:
Narrated `Aisha: Fatima bint Abi Hubaish said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I ...
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Is fake performance of salah during monthly cycle okay?
I am not aware of any reports that women in the time of the Prophet used to 'fake' prayers. If they didn't do this then one should ask themselves whether they consider themselves to have more haya ...
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How does a woman offer kaffarah when she can not fast consecutively because of menses?
For a woman the requirement of consecutive fasting for kaffarah is not violated when she is prevented from fasting due to menstruation. So she will pause fasting in her period and then continue after ...
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Why is a natural thing such as the menses associated with the deficiency in religion?
The way the hadith explains it is already rather clear, but I'll spell it out because I'm sick of seeing it quoted by anti-Islam sites who insist on twisting words from their right places:
Praying, ...
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Period time is too long
Normally, the period should be finished by the 15th day or before that so anything that exceeds 15 days would count as Istihadah. Istihadah is non-menstrual or irregular bleeding and basically if you ...
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If we see Menses in dreams should we have to take ghusul
You are required to perform Ghusl if you are actually having menses in reality, not in your dreams.
To simplify, it is like asking would I be executed if I killed someone in my dreams or saw myself ...
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If we see Menses in dreams should we have to take ghusul
If you see menses in your dream that does not make you impure. If you see menses blood out then after your period you have to purify yourself by doing ghusl because menses blood is considered impure.
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How can I make up missed prayers dur to confusion between istihada and menses?
As-salamu Alaykum sister,
There are many scholarly arguments for this.
The most popular view is that she has to catch up her prayers that she didn’t perform.
With istihada, she has to do wudu for ...
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Fasting on the thought of period
This is a matter of niyyah (intention).
If you made the intention to fast Ramadan at the beginning of the month there shouldn't be an issue (not all madhhabs regard this as acceptable). But if you ...
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Does a woman need to giving charity when she can not fast because of a menstrual period?
No! That’s not true! There is no charity linked to period in any of sharia and Fiqh!
Regarding Ramadhan, one should feed a poor person for everyday he can not fast at all! This is to compensate the ...
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Is sex during menses allowed if it increases chances of pregnancy?
There is no overall benefit in anything that is haram. Avoid anything that is not permissible:
ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ حُرُمَاتِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ ۗ وَأُحِلَّتْ لَكُمُ ...
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Upcoming Umrah, went on BC but still spotting
There's no such thing as a minimum amount of spotting. Once menses is recognized by its attributes it is menses no matter how few it is and all related rulings apply.
And menses only ends when there'...
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In Ramadan should I not fast for 7 days because of menses?
whatever the time of the Menstruation Period , you are supposed to NOT fast on your period,
All schools of Islamic jurisprudence agree that a woman in menstruation should not fast or pray. This is ...
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Doubt of being impure
Yup should be coming in some hours, I don’t think you should. The brown colouration is due to the menstrual blood which is impure
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Do female believers get rewarded for their monthly menses?
The simple answer is : Yes.
One hadith used as an evidence for that is:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered upon me at Sarif while I was weeping (because I was afraid that I would not be able to perform ...
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Can a female pray regular salah if she has been diagnosed with PCOS?
Ofcouse you can pray. Offering salah is religious obligaton for every muslim. A women can take off from salah on respected days of salah just because Allah didnot wanted to burden the body, because ...
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Periods of two weeks duration
First of all we have a couple of circumstances that may afford a verdict (fatwa) of a specialist as your wife has taken medicine to stop her period for the time of your 'Umrah, the impact of this on ...
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Under what category falls the bleeding after an abortion?
From an Islamic jurisprudence point of view, after an abortion, the type of blood observed will depend on the age and stage the fetus is in at the time of abortion:
First 80 days: Human-like features ...
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Can a woman during menses read the Quran without touching it, or read it from an electronic device?
Reading without touching
Qur'an 56:79 (none touch it except the purified) implies that a person in an impure state shouldn't touch the Qur'an◊, which includes women during menses. If she were to not ...
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Is it permissible to use perfumes during menstruation?
There's a bunch of ahadith that restrict the usage of perfumes. Relevant to women are notably:
It was narrated that Al-Ash'ari said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Any woman who puts on ...
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What can a man do to satisfy his sexual desires when he cannot have relations with his wife?
You can marry another 2 or 3 women if you can keep balance among them, this is the ultimate solution for you.
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