It is a really valuable publication by Darussalam for all the Muslim women to study about Islamic rulings for menstruation and postpartum. The birth of a human being is a very amazing phenomenon. The physical cycles that the body of woman must endure in order to maintain this act of creation should be respected to the highest degree. Allah mentions that our mothers gave us birth with difficulty and struggle and because of this, are due the highest respect. One amongst the many difficulties that women must brave, are the doubts that these conditions present to the correct observance of her religion. How is her fasting affected, how are her prayers affected, how is her ability to pursue her studies affected and how are conjugal relations affected by her ever changing physical condition in relation to her role as the sole vessel of the birth of man