She discharged some drops of blood and entered Ihram while she was not ritually pure

(Part No. 10; Page No. 372)  Fatwa no. 15692 All praise be to Allah Alone, and peace and blessings be upon the Last of the Prophets. The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta' has reviewed the question that His Eminence, the Grand Mufty, received from the enquirer M.M.B., via the Court Presidency in Tabuk, which was transferred to the Committee from the Secretariat General of the Council of Senior Scholars under no. 5065 on 11 Shawwal, 1412 A.H. and reads as follows:The citizen M.M.B., holding ID no. ....., in Tabuk Register, said that he went with his wife to perform `Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) during Ramadan this year. His wife took pills to prevent menstruation, but when she arrived at the Miqat (site for entering the ritual state for Hajj or `Umrah), she had spotting. She entered Ihram (ritual state for Hajj or `Umrah) while she was not ritually pure, and by the time she arrived at Al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque in Makkah) the bleeding had stopped, but that was because of the many pills she had taken.While performing Tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka`bah), she was ritually pure and she had had ritual bath. She had no bleeding at all at Tawaf or Sa`y (going between Safa and Marwah during Hajj and `Umrah). After she performed Tahallul (removal of the ritual state for Hajj and `Umrah) and went out of Al-Haram, she had bleeding on the same day, which continued for three days and then stopped as is usual for all women.The inquirer asks: Is there anything required of her? Please take into consideration that we had sexual intercourse and we had trimmed our nails and had our hair cut. We ask Your Eminence to tell us whether she must compensate for the `Umrah, or pay for Dam (sacrificial animal offered as an atonement). (Part No. 10; Page No. 373)


After examining the Fatwa request, the Committee replied as follows: If the reality is as you mentioned, the `Umrah that your wife performed is valid, because she did Tawaf while being ritually pure.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.


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