Pregnant Woman Finds Blood

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ أُمَّ وَلَدِي تَرَى الدَّمَ وَ هِيَ حَامِلٌ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِالصَّلَاةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا رَأَتِ الْحَامِلُ الدَّمَ بَعْدَ مَا تَمْضِي عِشْرُونَ يَوْماً مِنَ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي كَانَتْ تَرَى فِيهِ الدَّمَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الَّذِي كَانَتْ تَقْعُدُ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ وَ لَا مِنَ الطَّمْثِ فَلْتَتَوَضَّأْ وَ تَحْتَشِي بِكُرْسُفٍ وَ تُصَلِّ وَ إِذَا رَأَتِ

“I once said to abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), that the mother of my child finds bleeding and she is pregnant. What must she do for her Salah (prayer)? He (the narrator) has said that he (the Imam) said to me, ‘If a pregnant woman finds bleeding after twenty days from the date in which her Hayd (menses) would begin in the mont

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحُبْلَى قَدِ اسْتَبَانَ حَبَلُهَا تَرَى مَا تَرَى الْحَائِضُ مِنَ الدَّمِ قَالَ تِلْكَ الْهِرَاقَةُ مِنَ الدَّمِ إِنْ كَانَ دَماً كَثِيراً أَحْمَرَ فَلَا تُصَلِّ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَلِيلًا أَصْفَرَ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا الْوُضُوءُ.[4]

‘It is a spilling of blood; if the discharge is a great deal and of red color, she must not perform Salah (prayer). She then needs to take Wudu’ only if it is of a small amount and of yellow color.’”

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْحُبْلَى تَرَى الدَّمَ كَمَا كَانَتْ تَرَى أَيَّامَ حَيْضِهَا مُسْتَقِيماً فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ فَقَالَ تُمْسِكُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ كَمَا كَانَتْ تَصْنَعُ فِي حَيْضِهَا فَإِذَا طَهُرَتْ صَلَّتْ.

“I once asked one of the two Imam, (abu Ja‘far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, about the case of a pregnant woman who experiences blood discharge like the days of her Hayd (menses) every month as a straight habit. He (the Imam) said, ‘She must hold herself back from Salah (prayer) like in days of her Hayd (mense

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنِ الْحُبْلَى تَرَى الدَّمَ وَ هِيَ حَامِلٌ كَمَا كَانَتْ تَرَى قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ هَلْ تَتْرُكُ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ تَتْرُكُ إِذَا دَامَ.

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a pregnant woman who experiences blood discharge even when she is pregnant, like before every month, should she stop performing Salah (prayer)? He (the Imam) said, ’She must stop Salah if it continues.”’

نَعَمْ إِنَّ الْحُبْلَى رُبَّمَا قَذَفَتْ بِالدَّمِ.

“Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about a pregnant woman who experiences blood discharge whether she must stop performing Salah (prayer)? He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, she must stop performing Salah (prayer). Sometimes pregnant women also discharge blood.’”

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الْحُبْلَى رُبَّمَا طَمِثَتْ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ غِذَاؤُهُ الدَّمُ فَرُبَّمَا كَثُرَ فَفَضَلَ عَنْهُ فَإِذَا فَضَلَ دَفَعَتْهُ فَإِذَا دَفَعَتْهُ حَرُمَتْ عَلَيْهَا الصَّلَاةُ. - وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى‌ إِذَا كَانَ كَذَلِكَ تَأَخَّرَ الْوِلَادَةُ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a pregnant woman, saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, can such woman experience Hayd (menses)? He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, because the child’s food in mother’s womb is blood. It (blood) may exceed the amount of food for the child. It (