Praise be to Allah.
What is required is to do ghusl if water is available and one is able to do that, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as Allaah has ordained for you”
[al-Baqarah 2:222].
So she has to purify herself with water after her menses or after postpartum bleeding stops, then he may come to her. But if they are on a journey or she is sick and cannot use water, or water is not available, then tayammum takes the place of ghusl because it is a means of purification.
End quote.
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him)
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