Has to fast for two consecutive months and asks about her menses

24-5-2006 | IslamWeb

Question:

May Allah bless you for this wonderful initiativeI have to fast 2 months in a row, but being A female that is impossible because of our the monthly cycle...How am I supposed to complete my "shahrayn mutatabi3ayn"Jazakum Allah Khairan
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.

 

Menses does not interrupt the continuity of fasting. If a woman is obliged to fast for two consecutive months, then she should count the numbers of days she fasted before menses and then continues the count and fasting after she becomes pure.

Al-Buhooti may Allaah have mercy upon him [from the Hanbali school] said: 'The continuity should be observed, but if it is interrupted by Ramadan, or 'Eed when one is obliged to break the fast, or when a woman is in menses or has postpartum bleeding, then this is not considered as a discontinuity in fasting.'

Allaah Knows best.

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