Is it necessary to complete 40 days after the child birth and then offer the prayers Or whenever bleeding stops, a lady can have bath and start offering the prayers.

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful  

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

If bleeding stops before forty days, a woman will have to take a bath and start performing her Salat. It is not necessary for her to wait for the completion of forty days in order to perform her Salat.

(Al-Fatawa al-Tatarkhaniyyah, vol 1, pg 390, Idara Al-Quran / Behishti Zewar, vol 1, pg 95, ZamZam)

 وان انقطع الدم قبل الاربعين ودخل وقت صلاة تنتظر الى اخر الوقت ثم تغتسل فى بقية الوقت وتصلى (الفتاوى التاتارخانية 1/390,ادارة القرآن)

And Allah knows best

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa