miscarriage....Question??

[IHearIslam]

Assalaamu alaikum warahamatullah wabarakatuh and Ramadan KAREEM

I hope this reaches you in the best of health/imaan,

Just a quick question brothers and sisters,

My sister had a miscarriage and asked if she could fast. I looked up for a fatwa online and this is what I came across:

With regard to miscarriage: “If the matter is as mentioned, that the miscarriage occurred in the third month of pregnancy, then the blood that comes out is not considered to be the blood of nifaas (bleeding following childbirth), rather it is the blood of istihaadah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding), because what the woman passed was a clot (‘alaqah) in which there were no human features. On this basis, she should pray and fast even if she sees some blood, but she should do wudoo’ for each prayer, and she has to make up the days when she did not fast and the prayers that she missed.”

(See Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 10.218)

read the rest of the fatwa here

Now this to me is a clear cut explanation, but my sister has a little bit doubt. Her baby was not fully grown, just a clot of blood. Her doctor told her that her bleeding will stop in two week, she wants to fast. But to her it feels weird praying and fasting while she is bleeding?? That is where the confusion steps in. Should she wait for two weeks??

 

[BrotherInIslam7]

Walaykumsalaam waa rahmatullahi,

I am very sorry to hear about the miscarriage of your sister.

I got this from our sister a_muslimah86's thread.

(68) If a pregnant woman miscarries and the foetus is formed or has a discernible outline of any part of the body, such as a head or hand, then her blood is nifaas; if, however, she passes something that looks like a blood clot (‘alaq) or a chewed piece of meat that has no discernible human features, her bleeding is istihaadah and she has to fast, if she is able, otherwise she can break her fast and make it up later on. (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 10/224).

Once she becomes clean after having an operation to clean the womb (D&C), she should fast. The scholars stated that the embryo is considered to start taking shape after 80 days of pregnancy.

If a woman becomes clean from nifaas before forty days, she should fast and do ghusl so that she can pray. (al-Mughni ma’a al-Sharh al-Kabeer, 1/360).

If the bleeding resumes within forty days after the birth, she should stop fasting, because this is still nifaas. If the bleeding continues after the fortieth day, she should make the intention to fast and do ghusl (according to the majority of scholars), and any bleeding beyond the fortieth day is considered to be istihaadah (non-menstrual bleeding) – unless it coincides with the usual time of her period, in which case it is hayd (menstrual blood).

Link : http://turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58703

I hope this of some help to you.

Wasalaamalaykum waa rahmatullahi

 

[IHearIslam]

JazakaAllaah khair to you and sister a_muslimah86

the fatwa I saw and this confirm each other, inshaAllaah she will have no doubts. The baby was just a clot of blood like I stated before,so she can fast and pray with the mercy of Allaah ta'ala.

May Allaah reward you for sharing this. It sure is helpful.