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Can Women Fast During Their Periods?
I’ve come across some people recently who claim women can fast if they feel strong enough even when menstruating. Their argument is that it’s a choice rather than a prohibition of fasting while menstruating, as opposed to Salah which is impermissible in this condition. How do you see this?
JazakAllah
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Can Women Fast During Their Periods?
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The perpetual sunnah transmitted to us unanimously maintains that women are not allowed to keep fast during menstruation. No inference from Quran or Hadith is admissible here.
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The scholars are unanimously agreed that it is forbidden for a menstruating woman to fast, and that she has to make up the days that she misses because of menstruation if that was an obligatory fast, as in Ramadaan.
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Adding onto what Irfan Sahab summarized, the mensuration cycle deprives women of basic purity which is needed for any Ibadah, therefore, they must make up for their left over fasts once their cycle is over. However, if some medication can be used to postpone menstruation, then it can be used but subject to doctor’s advice.
To understand the levels of Taharat (purity) and which ones are circumstantial and which ones are required at all times, please refer to the video below from 1:06:57 to 1:11:57
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So,it is forbiden to fast ,not permitted not to fast.
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Not permitted to fast during menstruation cycle.
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For further insight as to whether women can take any medication to postpone their menstrual cycles to complete their fasting in the month of Ramdhan, please refer to the video below from 47:41 to 50:11
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JazakAllah Khair for clarifying this.
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Kindly refer to this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJkEdaJCiE
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