Some coffee-coloured drops came out of my wife and she does not get her period sometimes. Should she fast and pray etc. knowing that she is one and half months pregnant?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Many of the
scholars are of the view that a pregnant woman cannot menstruate. This is
the view of two imams: Abu Haneefah and Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on
them).
See:
al-Mughni, 1/443.
This view
was also favoured by the scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing
Fatwas.
Others are
of the view that a pregnant woman may menstruate. This is the view of Imam
Maalik and Imam al-Shaafa’i (may Allaah have mercy on them).
See:
al-Majmoo’ (2/411-414)
This view
was favoured by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem and Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah
have mercy on them).
This is so
long as the blood meets the description of menstrual blood and comes at the
normal time of menses.
This has
been explained in the answer to question no.
23400.
Whatever the
case, these drops that have come out from your wife are not menses, because
they do not meet the description of menstrual blood and are not occurring at
the time of menses.
So your
wife is pure (taahir) and she may pray, fast and do all that women who are
taahir do.
