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F95Chapter on Menstruation and Post-natal Bleeding

The Fast of a Woman Who Becomes Pure Before Dawn but Bathes Only After It

If the bleeding stopped before true dawn and she bathed only after it, is her fast that day valid?

Hanafi

Her fast is valid if the bleeding stopped before dawn: if it stopped at the full ten days it is valid even with no time left for the bath, but if before ten, enough of the night must remain for the bath and the opening takbīr.

Maliki

Her fast is valid if the bleeding stopped before dawn even if she delayed the bath until after it, since purity from major impurity is a condition of prayer, not of fasting.

Shāfiʿī

Her fast is valid if the bleeding stopped before dawn and she intended the fast, even if she delayed the bath, since the condition of the fast is that the bleeding stop before dawn, not that she bathe before it.

Hanbali

Her fast is valid if the bleeding stopped before dawn and she intended the fast, even if she bathed only after it; her case is that of one in major impurity who begins the day fasting and bathes afterwards.