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94839:HermensesendedbeforeFajrandshestartedfastingwithoutdoingghusl

MymensesendedbeforeFajrprayerandIwaiteduntilaftertheprayer,butIfellasleepandIwokeupattena.m.IdidnotdoghuslbecauseI
forgot,andItookmysickdaughtertothehospital,andIwasbusyuntilthetimeofAsrprayer,thenIdidghuslandmadeuptheprayersthatI
hadmissed.AllaahknowsthatthisisthefirsttimethishadhappenedtomesinceIreachedpuberty.Thereasonwasthatmyperiodusuallylasts

for9daysbutthismonthitwas8days,butIwaitedtomakesure,butIwasfasting.WhatshouldIdo?ShouldImakeupthefast?.
PublishedDate:20070120

PraisebetoAllaah.

Ifyouwerecertainthatyourmenseshadendedandyouformedtheintentiontofastbeforedawn,evenifitwasoneminutebefore,thenyourfast

isvalid,evenifyoudelayeddoingghusl.

Seetheanswertoquestionno.37936(/index.php/en/37936).

But if you were uncertain as to whether your period had ended, but you still intended to fast, then the fast was not valid because of your
uncertaintyastowhetheryourmenseshadended.

ShaykhIbnUthaymeen(mayAllaahhavemercyonhim)wasaskedaboutawomanwhofastedwhenshewasunsurewhetherherperiodwasover,
thenwhenmorningcameshesawthatithadindeedended.Doesherfastcounteventhoughshewasnotcertainthatherperiodhadended?

Hereplied:Herfastdoesnotcount,andshehastomakeupthatday,becausethebasicprincipleisthatthemenseswasstillthere,andherstarting
tofastwhenshewasnotcertainthathermenseswasovermeansthatshestartedtodoanactofworshipwhenshewasuncertainastowhether

oneoftheconditionsofitbeingvalidwasfulfilledornot,andthismeansthatitdoesnotcount.Endquotefrom MajmooFataawaalShaykhIbn
Uthaymeen(19/107).
Ifawomanknowsthathermenseshasended,shemustdoghuslsothatshemaypray,anditisnotpermissibleforhertodelaythatuntilthetime
forprayerends.Ifshedoesthat,thenshehastorepent,aswellasmakeuptheprayersthatshehasmissed.

IfsheforgetsthatherperiodhasendedasyoumentioninyourquestionthenthereisnosinonherinshaAllaahfordelayingherprayer,but
whensheremembersshemustdoghuslandoffertheprayersthatshehasmissedasyoudid.

WeaskAllaahtoforgiveusandyou.

AndAllaahknowsbest.

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