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Fatwa #4420117 February 2020United Kingdom

Will Kaffarah have to be restarted if Haidh is experienced in between?

Question

Assalam o alaikum

I have a question about kaffara fasts.

I have tried to search the answerbut have not been able to find it on your website, sorry.

If one is in the middle of kaffara fasts and starts bleeding ( Thinking is haidh) so stops fasting, and it turns out that it is istihadha (less than 3 days of bleeding).

Does she start the count again for her 60 days of kaffara fasts or can she continue counting  from whefe she left off?  

jazakumullah khair

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

In principle, Kaffarah will have to be restarted if Nifas happens to come between the two months. However, Haidh will not cause the Kaffarah to restart.[1]

In the enquired situation, we have not come across a clear text in the Hanafi books regarding this specific situation. Hence, a general ruling cannot be issued without further clarity.

Therefore, you may forward us the details of the woman’s menstrual cycle in order for us to advise accordingly.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.


[1] الدر المختار شرح تنوير الأبصار وجامع البحار (ص: 240)

(صام شهرين ولو ثمانية وخمسين) بالهلال وإلا فستين يوما، ولو قدر على التحرير في آخر الاخير لزمه العتق وأتم يومه ندبا، ولا قضاء لو أفطر وإن صار نفلا (متتابعين قبل المسيس ليس فيهما رمضان وأيام نهي عن صومها)

وكذا كل صوم شرط فيه التتابع (فأن أفطر بعذر) كسفر ونفاس، بخلاف الحيض إلا إذا أيست

البحر الرائق شرح كنز الدقائق  (10/ 443)

قولهم حيضها غير قاطع في كفارة الشهرين إلا إذا أيست بعده فحينئذ يقطع وأما صوم المضللة عن الكفارة فقد استوفاه في المحيط من الحيض وقد أفاد كلامه أن كل صوم شرط فيه التتابع نصا فحكمه كالكفارة فإذا أفطر فيه يوما بطل ما قبله ولزمه الاستقبال

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