Question Summary:
When does a menstruating woman have to make up for missed prayers?

Question Detail:

I am confused over making up of prayers when mestruation ends. I have read that some scholars are of the view that if menstruation ends before maghrib, then both asr and dhur should be made up, and similarly if menstruation ends before fajr, both isha and maghrib should be made up.
I believe their reasoning is that these salahs can be joined according to their school of thought, however doesn't this mean that you are making up a prayer that you would have been impure for? What is the Hanifi view point about this please? Would these earlier prayers need to be made up also?

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Respected Sister in Islām,
 
According to the Hanafi Madhab(School of thought), if the menses ended before Maghrib time sets in, which is upon sunset, then one does not have to make qadhā of the preceding dhuhur salāh. Likewise if the menses ended before the Fajr time sets in, which is upon the break of dawn, then one does not have to make Qaḍā of the preceding Maghrib salāh. However, in the case when the menses ended slightly before Maghrib for example, then qadhā will only have to be made for ‘Asr Salāh if one is able to take a bath and recite the takbīr-e-taḥrīma before the Maghrib time sets in. [1] The time for that will be based on estimation.
 
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Khalil Johnson
Student Darul Iftaa
Canada 
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.