Ruling on the yellowish brownish discharge that may appear before, during and after menses

Question
At the beginning of my monthly period I usually get a yellowish brown discharge that lasts for between one and three days, after which the bleeding starts. Are these days during which this brownish discharge comes regarded as part of the menses or not? At the end of the period, after the bleeding, stops I get some brown or black discharge; is this regarded as part of the menses too, or not?.
Answer

Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:

With regard to yellowish or brownish discharge before the menses, if it comes at the usual time of the period or a little before, and it is accompanied with menstrual pain or cramps and is immediately followed by menstrual bleeding, then it is part of the menses and you should refrain from praying and fasting at that time. This is like when a brownish discharge comes for one or two days, accompanied by menstrual cramps, then the bleeding starts on the third day; all of that is menses. This is the most correct scholarly opinion concerning this issue. It was stated by Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him), but he stipulated that it should be immediately followed by the bleeding and he did not stipulate that there should be any cramps or pain. This was also the former view of Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him), but his later view was that the yellowish and brownish discharge (before the period) is not to be regarded as menses at all.

See the following questions for some quotations from the two shaykhs (may Allah have mercy on them): 131869, 50430, 37840, 171945. See also Thamaraat at-Tadween ‘an Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (p. 24), in which the shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: What I have realized lately, an opinion with which I feel that my mind is at rest, is that the menses is the emission of blood only. As for the yellowish and brownish discharges, that is not menses even if they appear before the white discharge. And Allah knows best. .................

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