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The Menstrual Cycle, a Woman's Discharge, and Repentance

Sayed Mahmoud Al-Mosawi29 Shaʿban 1431 AH8,597 views

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Question

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad..

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings..
Our honorable Shaykh,
I have some questions, and I hope to find with you a full and sufficient reply to me..

1- I am a young woman, 19 years old, and my menstrual cycle is not properly regular..
But recently it has become a little regular..
But during this period I find that the color of the menstrual blood becomes a dark black..
So is it really menstrual blood, or what??

2- Most of the time a white, sticky fluid comes out of me..
What is the reason for this??
And does it invalidate the prayer??

3- When I perform the ritual bath (ghusl) for my period,
at the beginning I make the intention and say (I perform the ghusl of impure menstruation, to make prayer permissible, seeking nearness to Allah the Exalted)
After that I wash the right side of my body and say, “O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,” and likewise for the left side, and finally I wash my whole body with water and say, “O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,” three times..
So is this ghusl of mine correct, or what??
And if it is not correct, are all my past prayers considered wrong??
And what do I do if the ghusl was wrong??

4- I know a girl who—we seek refuge with Allah—committed fornication (zinā), but now, after she spoke with me, she wants to seek forgiveness from her Lord. So what must she do??

That is all, and all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds..

We await the answer eagerly..
May the Lord grant you success in all that is good..

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings

1/ The blood that a girl sees at the very time of menstruation is menstrual blood, and dark red is the most prominent characteristic of menstrual blood.

2/ The sticky fluid that comes out of a girl has numerous causes, and whatever the cause, it is pure and nothing is obligatory on account of it, except for one cause: if the discharges came out due to sexual desire and were followed by a climax and a languor in the body, as an expression of sexual satisfaction from whatever cause, then this requires the obligatory ghusl. Other than that, it is not obligatory.

3/ The ghusl begins with the intention of ghusl (I perform the ghusl of menstruation, seeking nearness to Allah the Exalted), or any meaning that conveys that.. Then she washes the head and neck, after that the right side, then the left side, and the ghusl ends here.
Some jurists say that it suffices to wash the head first and then wash the entire body completely without order, and order is better.
If a girl performed an incorrect ghusl, such as forgetting to wash the head or not washing a part of the body, she must repeat it and repeat the prayers she prayed with that ghusl.
As for an error in the wording of the intention, if she intended the ghusl for menstruation, that suffices.

4/ Regarding the girl who committed the crime of fornication: you should give her advice to repent sincerely to Allah the Exalted and to seek forgiveness constantly, and Allah accepts repentance, if Allah wills. One should benefit from this lesson so that neither she nor anyone else falls into another error, and it is better that she also perform righteous and good deeds.

The Exalted said: “Indeed I forgive those who repent, become faithful, act righteously, and follow guidance.” (Qurʾan 20:82)

And Allah knows best, and He is the Grantor of success

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