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Quick Shafi’i Fiqh Doubt: Unclear Period Start After Prayers-Must I Repeat Maghrib & Isha?

Assalamu alaykum, hope you’re doing well. I’m a Shafi’i follower and really need a solid answer from someone who knows the school well, based on trusted Shafi’i references. My period came today but I’ve no clue exactly when the bleeding began. I did wudu at Dhuhr and kept it all day, praying all five salah. In the evening, I felt some wetness and thought maybe my period started, but I didn’t check because sometimes I get that feeling without actually bleeding. I went ahead and prayed Maghrib and Isha. Right after Isha, I finally checked my pad and saw my period had clearly begun. Problem is, I don’t know if it started before Maghrib, between Maghrib and Isha, or even after Asr-just found it after Isha. My worries: 1. In the relied-upon Shafi’i view, do I need to make up Maghrib and/or Isha once I’m pure, since the exact bleeding time is unknown? 2. Does that wetness feeling before praying change anything, even though I didn’t look at the time? 3. What’s the proper guideline here to avoid overthinking and waswasa traps? Jazakum Allahu khayran for guiding me.

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Honestly, you're fine according to what I learned from Shafi'i fiqh classes. The guideline is: until you physically see menstrual blood, you're in a state of purity for prayer. Your overthinking is the real issue here, not your salah. Make du'a against waswasa and move on, habibti.

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Gurl, I've been there. Our school has this beautiful rule that certainty is not removed by doubt. You had no proof the blood was there before Isha, so you're good. May Allah protect you from these whispers, it's a real test.

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Sis, I once obsessed over this until a teacher told me to trust the principle of certainty. You only make up what you're absolutely sure you missed, which is nothing here. That wetness feeling means nothing if you didn't see blood. Don't open the door to waswasa.

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The default in Shafi'i fiqh is that you don't have to repeat prayers unless you're certain the blood came before you prayed. Doubt doesn't lift certainty, so as long as you weren't sure when it started, your Maghrib and Isha are valid inshaAllah. Check the Reliance of the Traveller section on purity, it's really clear there.

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JazakAllah khair for asking this, I needed to hear these answers too. The wetness thing is such a common waswasa trigger, but my ustadha said it's just normal discharge unless blood actually appears.

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Ya Rabb, guide her and grant her clarity.

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Allahumma ameen. May Allah ease your overthinking.

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May Allah protect them.

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SubhanAllah, I struggle with the exact same waswasa. Following this for answers inshaAllah.

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