The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.440- If one wants to pay the value of the gold, he should calculate the kaffāra according to the current market value upon payment.

Issue No.442- If a man has had repeated sexual intercourse with a woman in her menses, it is recommended that he also repeat the kaffāra.

Issue No.443- If a man realizes during the course of sexual intercourse that the woman has become ḥā’iḍ, he should immediately withdraw from her, and if he does not do so, he has committed a sin and as a recommended precaution, he should offer kaffāra.

Issue No.445- One who cannot afford to pay kaffāra should give ṣadaqa and if he cannot afford to do so, he should do Istighfār (seek divine forgiveness).

Issue No.441- It is not haram for one to have foreplay with his wife when she is in menses and there is no kaffāra for it.

Issue No.446- If a woman says that she is ḥā’iḍ or has become ṭāhir from ḥayḍ, unless there is suspicion about her, her statement should be accepted.

Issue No.450- There is no qaḍā for the prayers which a woman did not perform during her ḥayḍ. However, she must perform the qaḍā of the obligatory fasts she missed during that period.

Issue No.451- If the time for prayer sets in and she knows or considers it highly probable that if she delays performing prayer she will become ḥā’iḍ, she should offer the prayer immediately.

Issue No.452- If woman is ṭāhir at the beginning of prayer time and only has time for the obligatory acts of prayer but does not perform the prayer and becomes ḥā’iḍ then she must perform the qaḍā of that prayer. In calculating the “time for the obligatory acts” each woman should consider her own situation. For example, in the case of a traveller, it is equal to the passage of time equal to performing two rak‘ats and in the case of the one who is not a traveller, it is equal to the passage of time equal to four rak‘ats. The time of wuḍū or tayammum and the time for making her clothes or body ṭāhir should also be taken into consideration. If she has time only to perform the prayer itself, the obligatory precaution is to perform it as qaḍā.

Issue No.453- If a woman becomes ṭāhir at the end of the time for a certain prayer, even if there is enough time for performing only one rak‘at she must do ghusl and perform prayer as an obligatory precaution and if she does not do so, she must offer it as qaḍā.

Issue No.454- If a ḥā’iḍ woman becomes ṭāhir when the time for prayers is nearing its end, and finds that she does not have enough time for ghusl, but she has time to perform tayammum and offer one rak‘at of prayer within the prescribed time and the rest out of the time, then it is not obligatory for her to offer that prayer. However, if regardless of the shortage of time, it is incumbent upon her to perform tayammum due to other reasons, like when water is harmful to her, she should perform tayammum and offer that prayer.

Issue No.455- If a woman becomes ṭāhir from ḥayḍ, but doubts whether or not there is enough time left for prayer, she should perform the prayer.