Haidh during journey

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A woman travelling maybe faced with the following four situations:

1. A woman commences her travel in the state of haidh (menstruation) and she becomes pure upon reaching her destination.

2.  She commences her travel in the state of haidh and her haidh stopped during the course of her journey, but the distance between where she is and her destination is less than 78km (the distance that one becomes a musafir).

3.  She commences her travel in the state of haidh and her haidh stopped during the course of her journey, but the distance between where she became pure and her destination is more than (78km).

4. She commences her travel in a state of purity and she experiences haidh at a later stage during the course of her travel.

In the above two situations (point 1, 2) she will perform all of her prayers in full. However, in the last two situations (point 3, 4) she will make qasar (shorten her prayers). [1]

If one shortens his\her Salah where one was supposed to pray Salah in full due to being unaware of the ruling, then the shortened Salahs should be repeated. [2]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Ismail Dawoodjee

Student Darul Iftaa
Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

http://idealwoman.org/2013/will-a-traveling-woman-pray-qasr-salaah-after-her-menses/

Question:

A woman is a Musafir. Her Haidh starts 2 days after she reaches her destination. She becomes paak after 4 days. Does she continue performing Qasr for the rest of her stay or must she perform full Salah?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

At the outset, a woman may face one of two situations while undertaking a Sharī journey (15 days or more). Each one has its own ruling.

The two scenarios are as follows:

1. She initiates her travel in a state of Haidh (menstruation).

1. She initiates her travel in a state of purity and experiences Haidh at a later stage.

In the case where she starts her journey in a state of Haidh, if she becomes pure before reaching her destination and the distance between herself and her destination is Masaafah al-Safar (the distance that qualifies an individual to be Musaafir) or more, she will shorten her prayers (Qasr) during her trip. However, if after becoming pure, the distance between herself and her destination is less than Masāfah al-Safar, then she will perform all of her prayers in full. In this case, she will not be regarded as a Sharī traveler (Musāfirah).

In the situation where she starts her travel in a state of purity and experiences Haidh at a later stage, she will be regarded as a Musāfirah. She will shorten her prayers for the remainder of her vacation after becoming pure from Haidh. This ruling will be applicable, whether she experienced Haidh during her travel or after reaching her destination.[1]

Based on the above, the woman in reference only experienced Haidh after reaching her destination. Since she initiated her journey in a state of purity, she will be regarded as a Musāfirah and she will shorten her prayers (Qasr) after attaining purity.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.