Menstruation & Related Issues: a Simple Guide

About the Book

Menstruation & Related Issues: A Simple Guide (also subtitled A Gift for the Daughters of the Ummah / Tuhfat al-Banat) is compiled by the Jamiatul Ulama (KZN) Ta'limi Board and published by Azhar Academy Ltd. This guide is prepared to teach girls the masaail and practical aspects pertaining to reaching the age of puberty (baaligha), fulfilling compulsory obligations in Deen such as salaah and fasting, and maintaining personal hygiene.

What You'll Discover

• Essential Islamic rulings (masaail) regarding puberty, menstruation (haydh), istihaadha, and nifaas.
• Step-by-step guidance on personal hygiene, disposal of sanitary pads, and performing ghusl.
• Rulings regarding salaah, fasting, and zikr during menstruation.
• Practical advice for managing haydh at school and madrasah, along with a haydh diary and glossary.

Table of Contents

1. FOREWORD - 1
2. PREFACE - 2
3. INTRODUCTION - 3
4. LESSON ONE: WHAT IS HAYDH? (PERIOD / MENSTRUATION / MENSES) - 4
5. LESSON TWO: BULOOGH (PUBERTY) - 6
6. LESSON THREE: SYMPTOMS OF YOUR FIRST HAYDH - 9
7. DISCHARGES - 9
8. DIFFERENT COLOUR DISCHARGES AND WHAT THEY MEAN - 9
9. LESSON FOUR: PERSONAL HYGIENE DURING YOUR HAYDH - 11
10. HOW OFTEN DO I CHANGE MY PAD? - 11
11. WHY DO I FIND AN ODOUR WHEN I CHANGE MY PAD? - 11
12. HOW CAN I PREVENT THIS ODOUR FROM EMINATING? - 12
13. HOW DO I DISPOSE OF THE SANITARY PAD? - 12
14. HOW DO I KNOW WHEN MY HAYDH HAS STOPPED? - 12
15. LESSON FIVE: GHUSL AFTER HAYDH - 14
16. HOW SOON SHOULD I MAKE GHUSL AFTER MY HAYDH HAS STOPPED? - 14
17. THE SUNNAH METHOD OF MAKING GHUSL - 14
18. FARA'IDH OF GHUSL - 15
19. IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER - 15
20. REMOVAL OF UNWANTED HAIR AT THE TIME OF GHUSL - 17
21. LESSON SIX: CALCULATION OF HAYDH - 17
22. LESSON SEVEN: DURATION OF HAYDH - 19
23. LESSON EIGHT: WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOUR HAYDH STARTS WHILST YOU ARE AT SCHOOL - 21
24. WHAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER IF YOUR HAYDH STARTS AT MADRASAH - 22
25. LESSON NINE: HAYDH AND SALAAH - 23
26. LESSON TEN: TIMES OF SALAAH - 24
27. LESSON ELEVEN: HAYDH AND FASTING - 26
28. LESSON TWELVE: HAYDH AND ZIKR (REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH) - 29
29. LESSON THIRTEEN: ISTIHAADHA - 31
30. NIFAAS - 34
31. MY HAYDH DIARY - 36
32. GLOSSARY OF TERMS - 37

More About the Author

Compiled by the Jamiatul Ulama (KZN) Ta'limi Board, South Africa, with a preface endorsement noted from Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas Patel Saheb, Ameer - Ta'limi Board.