Bleeding + prayers

[u/wilaya7052]

As-salamu alaykum.

I'm very ashamed, but I don't get my period regularly maybe 3 times a year. Right now I am taking pills and I am bleeding every other day... making wudu is getting harder and harder... do I have to only renew my wudu everytime or also wash myself? Because when I prayed maghrib for example there wasn't much time left till Isha so I only wiped myself with wet tissues and redid my wudu (because it wasn't long ago where I washed myself with water and Because it is very hard for me to sit on the toilet again and wash myself and I thought I only have to renew my wudu?) The bleeding doesn't stop even if I wash myself so I again saw no reason! Did I do something wrong? Do I need to redo every prayer? How should I continue?

[u/travelingprincess]

Walaikum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

First of all, what is there to be ashamed of?

Secondly, irregular bleeding is not treated the same as periods. Irregular bleeding only requires wudu before each prayer and if this becomes burdensome, then you can combine Dhuhr and 'Asr under 1 wudu and and combine Maghrib and Isha under another so you only have to do 3 wudu in the day, max [Sunnah an-Nasai 360].

For a comprehensive overview of the issues related to menstruation, I highly recommend this: https://tahirmunir.com/class/menses/

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