lesson on menstruation

Question 1

What are the three types of blood that come our from a womens private part

Answer 1

1. Al Hayd - Blood of menstruation
2. Nifas - Post Natal bleeding
3. Istihaadah - Irregular bleeding

Question 2

Definition & description of Al Hayd:

Answer 2

Definition of Al Hayd:
* It comes out because of the health of the women = good health
* Type of blood that Allah swt ordained on the women of the children of Adam
* When a women reaches the age of puberty that blood surrounds the wall of the uterus
* When she is not impregnated in that month that blood sheds and leaves the body, if she is pregnant then the blood stays and she doesn’t have her menstural cycle because of that.
Description of the blood:
* darker than normal blood
* thicker
* has a smell

Question 3

What is the minimum, majority and maximum period length

Answer 3

Minimum time for a women to have her menstrual cycle is 1 day and 1 night.
Majority of the time - 6-7 days
Maximum - 15 days
* So if a women has her menstrual cycle for more than 15 days then after the 15th day it is no longer considered to be the menstrual cycle.
Minimal time between two menstrual cycles is 15 days & maximum is never ending.

Question 4

When does a women start her period

Answer 4

When does a women start her period?
* minimal age is 9 yrs old - any blood that comes out before this age is not considered to be period blood unless it is one month before the age of 9

Question 5

What is haram upon a women who is on her period

Answer 5

1. As-salah
2. Fasting - has to break her fast mid day if she starts during the day
3. Recite the qur’an (weak opinion)
4. Touch the qur’an
5. Enter into the masjid - majority of scholars
   Ibn taymiyyah & imam Malik - when there’s a need (e.g, class)
6. Tawaf
7. Intercourse - major sin
8. Having sexual pleasure between navel and knee

Question 6

What is haram upon a person who is in the state of janabah

Answer 6

1. Salah
2. Reciting the qur’an
3. Touch the qur’an
4. Tawaf

Question 7

What is haram for a pros who is in the state of minor hadth

Answer 7

1. Salah
2. Tawaf - like the salah
3. Touching the qur’an

Question 8

Definition of nifas and how long does it last

Answer 8

Blood that comes out after a women gives birth
* Minimal time - 1 moment
majority of women - 40 days
* Maximum time - 60 days

Question 9

Definition of Istihaadah

Answer 9

Unhealthy type of blood - any blood that comes out other than the days of her menstrual cycle

Question 10

Pregnancy durations:

Answer 10

Minimal pregnancy duration - 6 months
majority - 9 months
Maximum - 4 years