#505: Will the Menstruating Bride observe the Raka`atayn on Her Wedding Night
QUESTION
” ASALAMUALAYKUM. Please what is expected of a muslim woman who is menstruating on her nikkah day. Will d nawafil expected if her and her husband be postponed till she resumes so lah? Or d husband observes d nawafil alone?”
ANSWER
Wa alaykum Salām Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh.
Alhamdulillāh we ask Allāh to bless the marriages of all our brothers and sisters.
It is a consensus of the Ulamā and the generality of the Muslim Ummah that menstruation is one of the Preventative factors ( Mawāni’ ) of Salāt and the two raka’āt mentioned in the ādāb of Zifāf is among the Salāt that are prevented by the menstruation.
Likewise, it is established in the Hadīth that a woman does not pay back what has missed her of the Salāt during her menstruation, rather, she compensates for the missed fast, that which is obligatory.
It is established in the Hadīth of Ibn Mas’ūd – radiyallāhu anhumā – that was recorded by Ibn Abī Shaybah and At-Tabarāni that the Raka’atayn on the night of the Dukhlah (Wedding night) is Mustahabb and not Wājib.
That stated, if she is menstruating, then the husband does it alone and if she is pure, then they do it together.
It should be known however that the Ulamā past and present have advised that if the marriage is done when she is menstruating, the Dukhlah should be delayed until she is pure.
This is to serve as a means of preventing the husband from falling into the prohibition of intercourse while she is menstruating, while at the same time preserving for him the opportunity to derive the pleasure in his Dukhlah.
And Allāh knows best.
Bārakallāhu fīkum
Jazākumullāhu Khayran.
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