Tue 14 رمضان 1447 (03 Mar 2026)
[Ruling on brownish/yellowish discharge before the time of the habit]
Mufti:
Alsayyed Muhammad b. Abdallah Awad Al-Muayyady
Fatwa number: 16029
Number of views: 3
[Ruling on brownish/yellowish discharge before the time of the habit]
Fatwa number: 16029
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Question: A woman’s monthly habit is seven days, but before those seven days there comes a little of yellowish or brownish discharge on the two days preceding the seven; then her known habit comes, accompanied by the usual pains and copious blood, and she becomes pure after seven days. What is the ruling of the brownish/yellowish discharge in the two days preceding the time of the habit—bearing in mind it does not occur every month, only some months?
Answer: What appears to me is that the yellowish and brownish discharge on those two days is not menstruation; the woman’s ruling is purity, so she fasts and prays. Such discharge has the ruling of menstruation only if it occurs in the time of the habit; outside the time of the habit, it is not ruled as menses.
Evidence for this:
1. Menstrual blood is dark and recognizable—as narrated from the Prophet (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace).
2. Menses is accompanied by pains known among women.
Source : Min Thimār al-ʿIlm wa al-Ḥikmah vol.1
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