𝓶𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓲𝓼𝓵𝓪𝓶

Its that time of month again

 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

"In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful"

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Periods what are periods ? A period is a release of blood from a girl's , out through her vagina.  Periods usually last about 5 days they come every month. But a period can be shorter or last longer but not more than 7 days.Are periods painful ? Period pain is common and a normal part of your menstrual cycle. Most women get it at some point in their lives.Every single girl hate cramps in my opinion. 

So the reason I am talking about this all is that I found an article or whatever you wanna call it and it answered many of my questions which my mom can't even tell me about in detail or let's just say I am too embarrassed to ask about it.  

credits to : Hidden-pearls.co.uk  

Are periods dirty? ( not written by me ) 

Over the years I have constantly been asked why we are not allowed to pray or fast when we are on our period. It could be quite disconcerting as we would be likened to cultures that went to the extreme of shunning women out of the kitchen and not allowing the women to touch anything because they were dirty and unclean. Often Non-Muslims have this thinking but surprisingly so do some Muslims!

This definitely is not the case. There is not much to cover this topic when you search it on the internet. You will find thousands of articles that will tell you:

When a period starts or finishesHow many days it could go on forWhat to look out for to be certain your period has finished

Nor is there much in terms of why women cannot pray or fast. Although non-Muslims would occasionally ask this question, and it would be difficult to give an answer, the question was often directed from fellow Muslim girls as well.

The simplest answer? God ordained it on us and we should follow it. We are given a break from fasting when we are feeling down, suffering from horrible back pain and having incredibly bad mood swings that are driving the people around us mad! In terms of prayer, we are ritually unclean, once our body has gone through its cycle and we have purified ourselves we can begin our prayers as normal.

Is it unfair that we have been told we cannot pray? Not really, if you are not ritually clean you need time to have your body go through its cycle and be clean. In the Quranic Ayah "The Pure Ones" it is not only the menstruating women that are told that they must not pray or fast, but any person that is in ritual impurity, whether it be male or female.

So, if a man is ritually impure because he has had sexual intercourse or has had a wet dream, he cannot pray until he is clean! Women just have the added benefit that we are excused from having to make up the prayers whereas men have to make up for their prayers!

Is periods seen as an punishment  ? 

First and foremost, it is important to realise that periods are not some kind of punishment to us for something we did and it is not a horrible disease either. Instead Islam views periods as a natural function of the body.

Medically, a woman cannot become pregnant if she cannot menstruate, which is the case for young children and post-menopausal women. The cycle of menstruation lasts a certain period of years in which a woman is able to conceive. Motherhood itself holds a very high ground in Islam.

Abu Huraira (ra) reported that a person said to Allah's (swt) Messenger (pbuh) "who amongst the people is most deserving of my good treatment" he said (pbuh) "your mother, again your mother, again your mother and then your father, then your nearest relatives according to the order of nearness" (Sahih Muslim book 45, Hadith).