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Menses Appeared Right After Breaking The Fast – Fast Valid?

Question posed to Shaykh Abdullāh Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdilazīz Ibn Humayd:

The monthly cycle appeared directly after breaking the fast before performing the Maghrib Prayer. Is my fast sound?

Answer:

Yes it is sound. As long as the menses did not come to you until after the setting of the sun, there is no making up of the fast upon you. This day (of fasting) is sound. As for the case if the menses came to you before the Adhaan, meaning by that, before the setting of the sun, the fast for that day has become invalid and it is a must that you make it up. As for the case when the menses has come to you after the setting of the sun and after you have broken your fast, the fast for this day is sound and it is not upon you to make it up, inshā-Allâh. Continue reading →

Delaying the Prayer Until Menses Starts

Question posed to Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him):

Question:
If the time of Salaatul-‘Eshaa comes in, however the woman doesn’t pray it in the beginning of its time, rather she delays it until the middle of its time, then she further delays it until the end of its time and then her monthly cycle comes all of a sudden–is it upon her to make up that obligatory pray which she delayed after she becomes clean from her menses or not? Also what is the ruling if the opposite was to happen? She becomes clean from her menses and the time of the obligatory Salaah from one of the five obligatory prayers is still in. Does she pray or not?

Answer:
If the woman reaches (the time of) prayer from one of the (five) prayers, and she didn’t perform it until her menses came upon her, indeed it is obligatory upon her to pray that Continue reading →