What is the judgment on the blood seen during ectopic pregnancy?
According to the information provided by the experts, in the ectopic pregnancy in which fertilized egg places in fallopian tube rather than uterus, the embryo developing in the tube may cause one or a few of the veins in that part of the body to be torn and bleed in time. As the bleeding seen during ectopic pregnancy does not stem from the uterus but from the torn veins, it is deemed as an excuse (istihadha).
The condition of being excused occurs when bleeding continues throughout one prayer time without cease and repeats in every prayer time at least once. A woman in that state performs a separate ablution for every prayer time like other excused persons because the Prophet Muhammad (saw) told an excused woman to do so (Bukhari, Wudu’, 63; Abu Dawud, Taharah, 110, 112)
What is the ruling on the blood seen after termination of ectopic pregnancy?
Ectopic pregnancy is recognized within 4-5 weeks’ time and pregnancy is terminated by medical intervention in abdomen. The change that occurs in the uterus in normal pregnancy also occurs in ectopic pregnancy to some extent. The blood coming from the uterus after surgeries of ectopic pregnancy is not an excuse but postnatal bleeding. Therefore, such woman is subject to the rulings of postnatal period.
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWAS