Chapter Introduction
Translation: [ Islam, being a Divine Message, is a comprehensive religion. It deals with all aspects and walks of life.
Translation: The rules of hygiene occupy an important position in Islam. Cleansing the two ducts after answering the call of nature, blowing one's nose... etc. are natural functions. No one can dispense with them.
Islam, through Sunna, directs us to allocate the left hand for that purpose and its like. The right hand should be allocated for the honorable acts such as eating, drinking, giving and taking wearing cloths, performing ablution... etc.
This plays a great role in people's health and hygiene. The noble Koran and As-Sunna refer to this. The Noble Koran says:
" They ask you concerning menstruation 16. Say: that is 17 Atha (a harmful thing for a husband to have a sexual 16 Menstruation is the blood that comes out from the woman's womb in certain time without being sick or wounded. It is a normal discharge because Allah has created it in the daughters of Adam. It is used for feeding the fetus in the womb during pregnancy then, it changes into milk after delivery. If the woman was neither pregnant nor nursing, this blood is discharged in certain time known as periods or menses. + Al Istihadhah...
Al Istihadhah, the false menstruation, is a blood comes after the true menstruation from a ruptured vein. The woman that has Al Istihadhah is problematic.
* An-Nifas, the Post-Natal Bleeding... An-Nifas is the blood that comes out from the womb before or after giving birth. It may occur two days before delivery. It comes out gradually. The maximum period of An-Nifas is forty days counted two or three days before delivery.
* Al leela '... Al leela ' is swearing by the man not to have sexual intercourse with his wife forever or for a period of time that exceeds four moths. If he swore and she asked him to have the sexual intercourse, the husband is given four months from the time of oath. Upon ending that period, he is to be forced either to have sexual intercourse or to separate in response to the wife's request. The period of An-Nifas is excluded from the four-month period of Al leela ' whereas the period of menstruation is counted from it.
* Rulings about Menstruation: - - The Prayer... The menstruating woman is forbidden to perform the prayer, the obligatory or the supererogatory thereof. If she performed the prayer, it is incorrect. The woman is required to perform the prayer that fell due when the woman was pure. Even that was the time needed to perform one Raka'a 16
- Fasting... - - The menstruating woman is forbidden to observe fasting, the obligatory or the supererogatory thereof. If she observed fasting, it is incorrect. But she is required to compensate for days of fasting she has missed due to menstruation.
-If the woman had her menses during fasting, even for a while before sunset, she should compensate for that day if fasting was obligatory.
If she felt menstruation before sunset but nothing came out except after sunset, her fasting is valid.
If she got her menses before dawn, her fasting is invalid and incorrect even if she got pure shortly after dawn. If she got pure shortly before dawn and could not make Al Ghosl, her fasting is valid.
* At-Tawaf...
- The menstruating woman is forbidden to perform At-Tawaf around the House of Allah, the obligatory or the supererogatory thereof. If she performed it, it is incorrect. The rituals of Hajj and Omra, other than At-Tawaf, are permissible for her. - Based on this, if she performed Al-Tawaf while in a state of purity then the menstruation blood came out directly after performing Al- Tawaf or during Al-Sa'ey between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa her Sa9y is correct and valid.
- The menstruating woman is exempted from the Farewell Tawaf. As to Tawaf of Hajj and Omra, she should perform it whenever she gets purified. * Staying in the mosque: The menstruating woman is forbidden to stay in the mosque. She is forbidden to stay in the place of worship for Al 9Eed prayer.
Sexual Intercourse:
The menstruating woman's husband is forbidden to have sexual intercourse with her during her periods. She commits a sin if she enabled him this action.
* Divorce:
The menstruating woman's husband is forbidden to divorce her while she is undergoing menstruation. Divorcing a woman she is undergoing menstruation is called ' the innovative divorce. ' To divorce a woman during the period she was purified and he had sexual intercourse with her is null and void.
* The Divorce that complies with Sunna:
As to the divorce that complies with Sunna, it is to divorce the woman while she is pregnant or purified provided he does not have sexual intercourse with her in that period of purification. Divorce should be uttered one time. (Uttering the divorce formula thrice in one batch is a malpractice that some people do. This contradicts Sunna. There are three exceptions of this:
1. If the man divorced the woman before consummating marriage with her. For, there is Idda (waiting period) in this case.
2. If the woman underwent menstruation during pregnancy. For Idda terminates upon delivery.
3. If the divorce was reached through compensation paid by the woman. In this case there is no harm if the man divorced the woman while she is undergoing menstruation. She should wait for three periods if she is of those who menstruate.
The pregnant woman completes her Idda upon delivery. If the woman is one of those who do not menstruate (if she has not reach puberty or if she has reached menopause), her Idda is three months.
* Purity...
The menstruating woman should perform Al Ghosl upon getting purified.
If she got purified after the prayer time has fallen due, she has to make Al Ghosl and perform the prayer.
If she was on a journey and having not water, having insufficient water, or if she feared lest some harm befalls her if she makes Al Ghosl, she is to perform At-Tayammom (the dry ablution using pure earth) till there is no excuse.
" Performing Al-Tayammom if Water is unavailable...
A nomad came to the Messenger of Allah and asked:
intercourse with his wife while she is having her menses), therefore keep away from women
Translation: during menses and go not unto them till they are purified. And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as Allah has ordained for you (go in unto them in any manner as
Narrated Abu-Huraira; ' A nomad came to the Messenger of Allah and asked: ' Sometimes we would be in the desert for four or five months while there are a woman in post-natal bleeding, a menstruating woman, or a person who have Al Janabah? ' He said: " Use (clean) dust. "
17 Thus, sexual intercourse during menstruation harms the couple. Allah has exempted the women from performing the prayer and observing fasting during their periods. They are to compensate for fasting only.
Injury resulting from the sexual intercourse during menstruation period is scientifically proved. Dr. Muhammad 9Ali Al Bar said: ' When we examine the menstruation blood by the microscope we find it composed of the womb endometrial debris along with the red and white corpuscles. The womb ulcerates and becomes less immune during that period. The acid vaginal excretion that kills the microbes gets less and the wall of the vagina gets thinner.
Inserting the male sex organ means insertion of the microbes at the time when immunity is at its minimum limit. Thus, inflammations increase, sexual desire decreases, and the endocrine gland gets weak. In brief, the woman undergoes vertigo, languor, and depression. Besides, Fertilization does not occur during that period. Hence, there will not be children, one of the most important factors of having legitimate sexual intercourse.
long as it is in the vagina). Truly, Allah loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves (by taking a bath and cleaning and washing thoroughly their private parts, bodies, for their prayers) * S: 2-222.
Commenting on the last words of this verse: "... Truly, Allah loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves (by taking a bath and cleaning and washing thoroughly their private parts, bodies, for their prayers) * ", the scholars say that the verses refer to the people of Qoba ' who used to cleanse the two ducts perfectly with stones and water.
The Messenger of Allah forbade us to use filthy substances in cleansing the two ducts. This is confirmed with the Hadith:
Translation: Narrated Ibn Mas'oud; ' The Prophet went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but I could not find it. So I took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took the two stones and threw away the dung saying: " This is Rikson (a degenerative or a filthy thing that should not be used in cleansing). (Bukhari).
Translation: And now let us read what Imam Al-Nawawi compiled in the same concern.]
The Messenger of Allah said: