Is the bleeding after the miscarriage nifaas or haidh?

Published as Iddat of a lady who had a miscarriage

10 Dec 2014 · 18 Safar 1436 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I was given three talaqs through whattsapp whilst I was pregnant. I had a miscarriage on the first day of the forth month (exactly 16th week), how long is my iddat? Is the bleeding after the miscarriage nifaas or haidh?

Answer

1. The Shar'ee ruling in regard to the iddat of a pregnant woman who has a miscarriage is that if the limbs of the foetus are formed, then through the miscarriage her iddat will end. Hence, since the foetus is formed before four months, your iddat has ended.

2. Regard the bleeding after the miscarriage as nifaas.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

والسقط إن ظهر بعض خلقه من أصبع أو ظفر أو شعر ولد فتصير به نفساء هكذا في التبيين وإن لم يظهر شيء من خلقه فلا نفاس لها فإن أمكن جعل المرئي حيضا يجعل حيضا وإلا فهو استحاضة (هندية 1/37)

Answered by: Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by: Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

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