Assalamalikum, I would like to know that after delivery a muslim women is not allowed to leave her house for 40 days. She can only leave her house after completing 40 days. Is there any hadith on this. What does islam say about this? Waiting for your earliest reply. Thank You
Answer
(Fatwa: 618/463/D=1431)
It is not an Islamic rule not to leave home after delivery, rather after delivery in the state of nifas it is unlawful for a woman to have intercourse with her husband. Similarly, keeping fast, offering salah and reciting the holy Quran is forbidden, these are Islamic rulings. The matter of not leaving home is precaution according to medical viewpoint for the safety of health, for which care is taken in houses, as during nifas period often such weakness or illness occurs which takes root, which causes a woman to suffer her whole life.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
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Darul Uloom Deoband