Pregnant and bleeding can pray?
Mu' meneen Brothers
and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Assalamualaikum warahmatullah
I suffered a miscarriage 7 weeks into my pregnancy and have been bleeding for
the last 12 days. Can I still fast and do my solat? Do I have to wash as if at
the end of menses in order to be able to fast and do solat? And if so, what
should my niah be?
Thank you.
Wassalam.
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Answer:
Pregnant and bleeding can pray?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
If the bleeding is simply a
result of the 7th week miscarriage, then the woman can pray and fast
after purification, and the intention will be exactly the same as one does for
a fast or prayer. But since the
miscarriage was only after the 7th week, chances are it will be an extended and heavy menses; and if the woman determines that the
bleeding is from the menses, then she
should not fast and pray during her menses,
and make up the fasts at a later date.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan
Wister