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Ruling
concerning the Hajj of a menstruating woman
Question:
What is the ruling concerning a woman who had her menses during
the days of her Hajj? Is the Hajj she performed valid?
Response:
If a woman gets her menses during the days of Hajj, she performs
all of the deeds of the Hajj except for the tawaaf
of the Ka'bah
and the going between the hills of as-Safaa
and al-Marwah.
She does not do those acts until she becomes pure. When she
becomes pure, she makes ghusl, and performs the circumambulation
and the circuits. If the menses come and the only rite she
has not performed is the tawaaf
al-wadaa',
then she goes home without performing it as it is no longer
required of her [due to her state] and her Hajj is correct.
The basis for this is what is recorded by at-Tirmidhee and
Abu Daawood from 'Abdullaah ibn 'Abbaas that the Messenger
of Allaah (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam)
said:
((The
woman with post-partum bleeding and the menstruating women,
when they come to the miqat [the place to enter the state
of ihraam] are to make ghusl, enter the state of ihraam and
perform all of the rites of the Hajj save for the circumambulation
of the House [Ka'bah])).
In
the Saheeh, it is recorded from 'Aa.ishah that she had her
menses before completing the rites of the 'Umrah and the Prophet
(sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam)
told her to enter the state of ihraam
for Hajj and to not tawaaf
the House (Ka'bah)
until she was pure. He told her to do all of the rites of
the Hajj and to combine it with the 'Umrah. Al-Bukhaaree recorded
from 'Aa.ishah that Safiyyah, the wife of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam),
received her menses and mentioned that to the Messenger of
Allaah (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam).
He said:
((Is
she going to hold us up?)), they said, "She has
already made the tawaaf
al-ifaadhah."
He
said:
((In
that case, she is not [going to hold us up])).
In
another narration, 'Aa.ishah said, "Safiyyah had the menses
after she finished the tawaaf
al-ifaadhah.
I mentioned her menses to the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam)
and he said:
((Is
she going to hold us up?)), I said, 'O Messenger
of Allaah, she has already performed the tawaaf
al-ifaadhah
of the mosque.' So the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam)
said:
((Then
let us go)).
And
with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and
salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The
Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa
Fataawa al-Mar.ah
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