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IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-800: MUSTAHADAH GOLONGAN KEDUA: MUBTADAAH GHAIRU MUMAYYIZAH
What is the ruling on blood of a woman experiencing her first menstruation that exceeds 15 days when she cannot distinguish the blood by colour?
Short answer
Such a woman is classed as a mubtadaah ghairu mumayyizah, meaning her bleeding is her first, it exceeds 15 days and she does not meet the conditions of tamyiz.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Purification (Taharah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Such a woman is classed as a mubtadaah ghairu mumayyizah, meaning her bleeding is her first, it exceeds 15 days and she does not meet the conditions of tamyiz. According to the preferred view of the Shafi'i school cited from Imam al-Nawawi, her menses is one day and night (24 hours) from when the blood began, and the remaining 29 days are istihadah. At first she refrains from prayer and fasting since the bleeding may stop within 15 days, and only once it passes day 15 is she ruled to be in istihadah and must bathe. In the second month onward she bathes after one day and night without waiting for the 15th day.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
فالأظهر أن حيضها يوم وليلة وطهرها تسع وعشرون
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-800: MUSTAHADAH GOLONGAN KEDUA: MUBTADAAH GHAIRU MUMAYYIZAH”, 4 October 2023. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/5753-irsyad-al-fatwa-siri-ke-800-mustahadah-golongan-kedua-mubtadaah-ghairu-mumayyizah. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-blood-first-time-mubtadaah-ghairu-mumayyizah/