Fatwa: # 15358
Category: Women
Country: United Kingdom
Date: 18th June 2007

Title

I have had this hormone for a month now and my periods have stopped. How do i pray?

Question

i have taken a method of contraception which basically is a hormone the size of a matchstick placed in my upper arm. i have has this for a month now and my periods have stopped. now i am worried about my namaz..do i pray all month all year?
i know you will tell me to go for another method but this is the best one as i have tried several.i tried the coil and fell pregnant. i tried the pill and bleed for 3 months contiously,i have been married for 2 years and have 2 children and my husband does not want more for now.

how do i pray my salah? this is really worrying for me

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

  1. If you have not experienced menstruation, you will have to perform all the Salaah until you get the menses. The maximum period for Tuhur (purity) is unlimited.
  2. You may obtain advise from your gynecologist on this issue.

And Allah knows best

 

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa

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