[A woman who gives birth by abdominal incision—is she considered a nufasāʾ?]

Mufti:

Alsayyed Muhammad b. Abdallah Awad Al-Muayyady

تاريخ النشر: November 23, 2025

Fatwa number: 16035

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[A woman who gives birth by abdominal incision—is she considered a nufasāʾ?]

Fatwa number: 16035

Question: If a woman’s pregnancy is expelled by an abdominal incision, is she thereby considered to be in nifās or not?

Answer: The scholars of the school—per the marginalia of Sharḥ al-Azhār—mentioned that this is not nifās, and the woman is not thereby a nufasāʾ. However, the waiting period (ʿiddah) of a divorcee does end by the delivery of the pregnancy in this way as well, because it is truly a delivery (waḍʿ al-ḥaml).
I say: On that basis, if blood exits from the womb after the operation and abdominal incision to remove the pregnancy, that blood is not considered nifās.
Source : Min Thimār al-ʿIlm wa al-Ḥikmah vol.1