If a woman becomes pure from menstruation at the time of 'Asr or 'Isha', what does she pray?
Short answer
If she becomes pure at the time of 'Asr she prays Zuhr and 'Asr, and if she becomes pure at the time of 'Isha' she prays Maghrib and 'Isha', according to the fatwa reported from the Shaykh.
Evidence and explanation
The Shaykh mentioned the fatwa of a group of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, and likened her state to that of one with an excuse who combines two prayers.
Scholar referenced
This editorial summary is based on the original source linked below and is not presented as a verbatim quotation from the scholar.
From the text of the answer (Arabic, with an English translation)
Original answer — Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz
حكم من طهرت من حيضها في أحد أوقات الصلاة — فتوى ١٤٢٨٨- Question
«يقول السائل: إذا طهرت المرأة من حيضها في أحد الأوقات الخمسة للصلاة، فماذا يلزمها أن تصلي؟ الشيخ: أعد. المقدم: يقول: إذا طهرت المرأة من حيضها في أحد الأوقات الخمسة للصلاة فماذا يلزمها أن تصلي؟ وهل تقضي الصلاة التي كانت قبل طهرها مباشرة، كأن تطهر في وقت العصر، فهل تقضي الظهر، أو أن تطهر في وقت المغرب فهل تقضي العصر وهكذا؟ أفتونا»
English translation (unreviewed): The questioner says: If a woman becomes pure from her menstruation in one of the five prayer times, what must she pray? — The Shaykh: Repeat. — The presenter: He says: If a woman becomes pure from her menstruation in one of the five prayer times, what must she pray? Does she make up the prayer that was immediately before her purity, for example if she becomes pure at the time of 'Asr, does she make up Zuhr, or if she becomes pure at the time of Maghrib does she make up 'Asr, and so on? Give us a ruling.
(excerpt from the question)
- From the text of the answer
«إذا طهرت في وقت صلاة، تجمع إلى ما يليها، تصلي الثنتين، فإذا طهرت في وقت العصر صلت الظهر والعصر، وإذا طهرت في وقت العشاء صلت المغرب والعشاء، وإذا طهرت بعد طلوع الفجر صلت الفجر فقط؛ هذا هو الواجب عليها، كما أفتي بذلك جماعة من الصحابة -رضي الله عنهم وأرضاهم-؛ لأنها كالمعذور -كالمريض- يجمع بين الصلاتين.»
English translation (unreviewed): If she becomes pure in the time of a prayer, she joins it with what precedes it that can be combined with it: she prays both. If she becomes pure in the time of 'Asr she prays Zuhr and 'Asr; if she becomes pure in the time of 'Isha' she prays Maghrib and 'Isha'; and if she becomes pure after dawn has broken she prays Fajr only. This is what is obligatory on her, as a group of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, gave the ruling, because she is like one with an excuse — like the sick — who combines two prayers.
The Arabic excerpts matched the original page word for word by an automated check and have not had human scholarly review. The English translations are unreviewed translations made for this site; they are not an approved Shari‘ah translation. Rely on the Arabic original.
Source
Ruling on a woman who becomes pure from menstruation during one of the prayer times
Title of the original page (Arabic): حكم من طهرت من حيضها في أحد أوقات الصلاة
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him