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..