Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville

Yellow Discharge Outside Of The Normal Haidh (Menstrual) Habit

· 7 Shaʻban 1446 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If after 7 days of her period a woman notices white discharge, she takes ghusl and starts performing salaah, then she notices yellow discharge (before the end of ten days from the start of her period) does she now count this as Istihadhaa and continue performing salaah or should she count it as haidh and stop performing salaah?

Answer

If a woman notices yellow discharge after her normal habit (7 days as mentioned in the query) has passed but before the maximum Haidh period (i.e. 10 days), she must wait and see if that discharge ceases before 10 days have passed.

If it ceases before 10 days have passed (for example on the 9th day after her menses started), this will be her new habit and the yellow discharge will be considered as Haidh. Consequently, she will not have to repeat the Salah for that entire period.

However, if the yellow discharge exceeds the maximum Haidh period (i.e. 10 days), this yellow discharge (after her normal menstrual habit ended on the 7th day) will not be considered Haidh, but will be considered as Istihadhah and she will have to repeat the Salahs from the 7th day onwards.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

(قَوْلُهُ كَكُدْرَةٍ وَتَرْبِيَةِ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ أَلْوَانَ الدِّمَاءِ سِتَّةٌ : هَذَانِ وَالسَّوَادُ وَالْحُمْرَةُ وَالصُّفْرَةُ وَالْخَضِرَةُ … (قَوْلُهُ فِي مُدَّتِهِ احْتِرَازُ عَمَّا تَرَاهُ الصَّغِيرَةُ، وَكَذَا الْآيِسَةُ فِي كُلِّ مَا تَرَاهُ مُطْلَقًا أَوْ سِوَى الدَّمِ الْخَالِصِ عَلَى مَا سَيَأْتِي (قَوْلُهُ الْمُعْتَادَةُ) احْتِرَازُ عَمَّا زَادَ عَلَى الْعَادَةِ وَجَاوَزَ الْعَشَرَةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِحَيْضِ

(رد المحتار ج 1 ص ۲۸۹ دار الفكر)

” وأقل الحيض ثلاثة أيام بلياليها وهذه شروطه وركنه بروز الدم المخصوص وصفته دم إلى السواد أقرب لذاع كريه الرائحة وأوسطه خمسة” أيام “وأكثره عشرة” بلياليها … “والاستحاضة دم نقص عن ثلاثة أيام أو زاد على عشرة أيام في الحيض لما رويناه ” و ” دم زاد على أربعين في النفاس” أو زاد على عادتها وتجاوز أكثر الحيض والنفاس لما قدمناه… “و” يحرم “قراءة آية من القرآن إلا بقصد الذكر إذا اشتملت عليه لا على حكم أو خبر

(حاشية الطحطاوي ص ۱۳۹ – ١٤٢ دار الكتب العلمية) (وَقِرَاءَةُ قُرْآنٍ) (قَوْلُهُ وَقِرَاءَةُ قُرْآنٍ)

أَيْ وَلَوْ دُونَ آيَةٍ مِنْ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ لَا الْمُفْرَدَاتِ؛ لِأَنَّهُ جُوزَ لِلْحَائِضِ الْمُعَلِّمَةِ تَعْلِيمُهُ كَلِمَةً كَلِمَةً كَمَا قَدَّمْنَاهُ وَكَالْقُرْآنِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ وَالزَّبُورُ كَمَا قَدَّمَهُ الْمُصَنِّفُ (قَوْلُهُ بِقَصْدِهِ) فَلَوْ قَرَأَتْ الْفَاتِحَةَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الدُّعَاءِ أَوْ شَيْئًا مِنْ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعْنَى الدُّعَاءِ وَلَمْ تُرِدْ الْقِرَاءَةَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ كَمَا قَدَّمْنَاهُ عَنْ الْعُيُونِ لِأَبِي اللَّيْثِ وَأَنَّ مَفْهُومَهُ أَنَّ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ مَعْنَى الدُّعَاءِ كَسُورَةِ أَبِي لَهَبٍ لَا يُؤَثِرُ فِيهِ قَصْدُ غَيْرِ الْقُرْآنِيَّةِ

(رد المحتار ج 1 ص ۲۹۳ دار الفكر)

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Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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