The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.373- Ghusl of janābah is recommended, if it is done for coming out of the state of janābah and becoming ṭāhir but it becomes obligatory for obligatory prayers and similar acts. However, it is not obligatory for the prayer for the dead individual, sajdah for Shukr (prostration for thanksgiving) and obligatory sajdah of the holy Qur'an (when one hears a person reciting the four verses) and one may perform these acts even in this state, even though it is better to perform ghusl for them.

Issue No.405- In the case of qalīlah istiḥāḍah, the woman should perform a separate wuḍū for each prayer, as an obligatory precaution, and it is obligatory to prevent blood from reaching other parts of the body. It is not obligatory to change the cotton or the pad although the recommended precaution is to do so. In kathīrah istiḥāḍah (excessive bleeding), it is obligatory to do three ghusls, one for fajr prayer, one for ẓuhr and ‘aṣr prayers and another for maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers. She must perform these prayers together. That is, she should offer ‘aṣr prayer immediately after ẓuhr prayer and ‘ishā’ prayer immediately after maghrib prayer and the recommended precaution is that she should perform one wuḍū for each prayer before or after performing ghusl.

Issue No.439- It is haram for both the man and woman to have sexual intercourse when she is in her menses, and in case it occurs, it is better for the man to offer kaffāra. The kaffāra is gold weighing 3.456 grams or its equivalent value if it happened in the first third of the days of ḥayḍ and 1.728 grams in case it occurs in the second third and 0.864 grams for the last third of the days of the monthly period. Therefore, if ḥayḍ lasts for six days, he should pay gold weighing 3.456 grams during the first two days, and gold weighing 1.728 grams for the third and fourth days (the middle days), and gold weighing 0.864 grams for the last two days.

Issue No.457- There are six types of ḥā’iḍ women:1- A woman with a regular period (fixed time and duration): A woman who sees blood two consecutive months, each month at a particular time and for a fixed number of days. For example, in each month blood may be seen from the 1st up to the 7th of the month.2- A woman with a timely fixed period: A woman who sees blood two consecutive months, each month at a particular time but the number of days varies. For example, she sees menstrual blood for 5 days in one month and 7 days in another.3- A woman with a numeric fixed period: A woman who sees blood two consecutive months, each month for a particular number of days (e.g. 7 days) but the time of menstruation is not the same. For example, in the first month, the blood is seen on the 1st of the month and in the second one the blood is seen on the 10th of the month.4- A woman with an irregular period (in both number and time) [1] : A woman who has menstruated for a few months but is yet to have established a fixed period or whose former period has been disturbed and is yet to establish a new one.5- Menarcheal woman [2] : A woman who sees blood for the first time.6- Nāsīyah: A woman who has forgotten her menstrual period.Each of the above- mentioned groups have their own specific rules that will be explained in the upcoming issues.

Issue No.458- Women with a regular period (fixed time and duration) are considered as ḥā’iḍ when they see blood in their menstrual period and the rules of ḥā’iḍ apply to them up to the end of the period irrespective of whether the blood bears the signs of menses or not.

Issue No.466- Women with a timely fixed period who see blood for two consecutive months at a particular time and then become ṭāhir but the number of days during which the blood is discharged is different in each month, should consider all of the bleeding as ḥayḍ provided that it is not less than three days and does not exceed ten days.

Issue No.471- Women with a numeric fixed period, meaning those women who see blood for a fixed number of days in two consecutive months with the commencing time of their menses differing, should act, in those days, according to the rules of ḥā’iḍ.

Issue No.474-A woman with an irregular period is a woman who has seen blood for some months, but has not developed a fixed menstrual period in both number and time. If such a woman sees blood for ten days or less, all of it is treated as ḥayḍ, and if she sees blood for more than ten days, if for some days the blood has the signs of ḥayḍ and that period is not less than three days or more than ten days, it should be treated as ḥayḍ. If however, all of the blood is of the same nature, she should consider the number of the days of the menstrual period of her kinswomen as that of her own provided that almost all of them have the same period. However, if they are different in their periods, the obligatory precaution is to consider seven days in every month as her menstrual period.

Issue No.475- Menarcheal women are women who menstruate for the first time. Such women should consider their bleeding as ḥayḍ if it lasts for less than ten days. However, if it exceeds ten days and the blood is of the same nature during that period, she should consider the menstrual period of her kinswomen as was mentioned in the previous issue and consider the rest as istiḥāḍah.

Issue No.477- “Nāsīyah” is a woman who has forgotten the duration of her menstrual period, its time, or both of them. In the case of forgetting the duration, if she sees blood for ten days or less, all of it is ḥayḍ, and if she sees blood for more than ten days, those days in which the blood bears the signs of ḥayḍ should be considered as ḥayḍ, provided that it is no less than three, and no more than ten days. However, if it is more than ten days, or the blood bears similar signs on all of the days, the obligatory precaution is to treat the first seven days as ḥayḍ and the rest as istiḥāḍah.

Issue No.478-If menarcheal women, women with irregular periods, nāsīyah women and the women with a numerically fixed period, see blood with the signs of ḥayḍ, they must abandon acts of worship immediately, and if it becomes clear that it was not menses, they should make up those acts as qaḍā. However, if the blood does not bear the signs of ḥayḍ, they should act in accordance with the rules of istiḥāḍah until it is established that it is the blood of menses. However, women with a timely fixed period and those with a regular period must stop performing the acts of worship upon seeing blood during the days of their periods.

Issue No.484- The blood which is discharged when the first part of the baby comes out of the mother's womb during the process of childbirth is called nifās (lochia) and the woman in this state is called “nafsā’ ”. Therefore, the blood, which is discharged before the baby comes out, is not considered as nifās.