THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Ath-thalaatha, 3rd day of Rabi-ul Aakhir. (Tuesday, 9th of November 2021). Rulings on Miscarriage and offering Salaat. BismilLah.

If a woman miscarries, then she comes under the ruling of nifaas (postpartum bleeding) if the fetus had developed human features, which is after eighty days of pregnancy. If she bleeds following the miscarriage, or one or two days before it, that comes under the rulings on nifaas, if the blood that appeared before it was connected to the miscarriage or birth, and was accompanied by indications of that, such as contractions or the pain of birth.

With regard to “water”, or discharge in which there is no blood, that appears before delivery, it does not come under the rulings on nifaas.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may ALLAH have mercy on him) was asked:
Three days before giving birth, there was some discharge of water accompanied by some pain; is this nifaas?

He (may ALLAH have mercy on him) replied:
This is not nifaas, because nifaas is blood, not water. Moreover, it is not nifaas unless it is accompanied by contractions, one or two days before giving birth. But if it is a long time before the expected time of giving birth, it is not nifaas, because nifaas is the bleeding that occurs at the time of birth, or two or three days before that, accompanied by contractions. As for water [discharge without blood], it is not nifaas. And Allah knows best. Source: Al-Mawsoo’ah Al-Fiqhiyyah, Vol. 39, P. 139. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.