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Do women have to Tahir after a Pap or any gynecological exams?
Praise be to Allaah.
I am not sure exactly what the nature of this exam is, but if
that means a medical examination that is done via the vagina in order to
treat the womb etc, and something comes out of the womb or the vagina as a
result, such as blood, a discharge, etc., then the woman has to do the minor
ablution (i.e., wudoo’). But if it is obvious that the blood that comes out
is menstrual blood, such as if the examination coincides with her period,
then she has to do ghusl.
