Stopping Menstruation with Medicine, the ‘Umra, and the Manner of Istilam of the Black Stone in Tawaf

Question

(1) For stopping menstruation (hayd) there are some medicines that stop menstruation permanently, and some medicines that postpone menstruation, that is, as long as the medicine is used menstruation will not come, and when its use is abandoned menstruation comes on the second or third day. Is it permissible in the Shari‘a to use medicines of this kind in Ramadan or in the days of Hajj, or not?

Answer

(1) There is no need to stop menstruation for the sake of blessed Ramadan: for however many days she menstruated and did not fast, she should make them up (qada) later. However, on the occasion of Hajj, if the obligatory tawaf (tawaf al-rukn) is delayed because of menstruation and her ship’s number (its turn to sail)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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