Question : 01
What do the scholars of the Deen and muftis of the Sacred Law state regarding the following issue about a custom which is becoming popular in our family. When a woman becomes pregnant for the first time after marriage, she is not allowed to beautify herself for her husband for up to 7 months. Likewise, she is not permitted to travel to another city for any work or for an occasion of happiness or sadness. Opposing this is considered to be a cause of misfortune and they say that if she adorns herself or travels to another city, then she will fall victim to some harm. I want to know if this theory is correct or not.
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ وَسَلَّم
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
Preventing a woman, who is pregnant for the first time after marriage, from adorning herself and travelling to another city, and that under the erroneous assumption that if she goes she will face harm, is incorrect because that is a superstition and in Islam, superstitions are not permissible. A woman may leave the house for necessary purposes as long as she takes care in fulfilling the Shari’ requirements of veiling. In some cases, it is necessary for her to leave the house like in the case of the journey of Hajj, when all its conditions are established. Similarly, a woman adopting beauty and adornment for her husband is not only permissible, but a cause of great reward. Matters like these cannot be stopped because of ignorant rituals and unsubstantiated views. Therefore, in the scenario of the questioner, the woman who is pregnant for the first time after marriage, cannot be prevented from adopting permitted adornment and travelling whilst veiling and fulfilling the necessary conditions, on the false basis borne from their thoughts. Eradicating any false theories that your family may hold is necessary.
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
How is it to, during the days of menstruation, consume menstruation preventing medicine and perform Umrah?
Question:
What do the scholars of the Deen and muftis of the Sacred Law state regarding the following issue that an Islamic sister has the habit of menstruating for 8 days. According to the norm, she menstruated for 4 days. Then she consumed medicine that prevented her from bleeding which meant there was no menstruating on the 5th day. So after doing Ghusl, she performed Umrah, then on the sixth day, the bleeding occurred until the normal days. What is the ruling on the Umrah she performed?
Answer :
For menstruation, it is not necessary for blood to flow at all times. It is not the case that menstruation does not occur without it either, rather the bleeding at the beginning and the end are considered. Circumambulation of the Ka’bah as part of Umrah during this state necessitates expiation (dumm). But if circumambulation is later repeated in a state of purity, then there will be no expiation. Therefore, in the scenario of the questioner, in the 8 days mentioned by the Islamic sister, 1 day was such that she did not bleed. However, that will still be considered as a day of menstruation because during menstruation, between periods of bleeding, the days of purity are also included in the state of menstruation. Therefore, whoever performs the Tawaf of Umrah in this state, expiation will be incumbent in this state. On the other hand, if the Tawaf is repeated, then the expiation is no longer incumbent. Remember, it is superior to repeat Sa'i as well as the Tawaf. If instead of removing any shortcomings by repeating Tawaf, expiation (dumm) is given, then a male/female goat or sheep can be sacrificed as long as the animal is in line with the conditions of Qurbani and the sacrifice is done within the boundaries of the Haram. Expiation (dumm) will not be valid if it is done anywhere else.