Question Summary:
Taking the Pill and Haydh

Question Detail:

Does a woman taking the pill treat her monthly bleeding like a period? as i understand it, it is due to withdrawel from the few days of sugar pills that are in this controceptive cycle and not a period. May Allah reward you with goodness and accept from us 

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Your question and reference to sugar pills is not clear. Nevertheless, in general, the bleeding of a woman on contraceptive pills will be regarded as her period (haiz), if the bleeding is for at least three days.[1]  
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Syed Haneef
Student Darul Iftaa
New York, U.S.A
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai