The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.419- If a woman who is fasting becomes mustaḥāḍah after she has performed her ẓuhr and ‘aṣr prayers, no ghusl is required for the fast of that day.

Issue No.420- If a woman in the state of qalīlah istiḥāḍah finds out during prayer that her bleeding has become kathīrah, she should stop performing prayer and do ghusl and offer the prayer again, and in the case of her not having enough time for ghusl, she should perform tayammum. However, if she has no time for tayammum either, she should finish the prayer and as an obligatory precaution, offer that prayer as qaḍā.

Issue No.421- If a woman’s kathīrah istiḥāḍah reduces to qalīlah, she should do ghusl for the first coming prayer and perform wuḍū for the subsequent prayers.

Issue No.422- If a woman who is in the state of kathīrah istiḥāḍah does her daily ghusls, it will suffice for other acts like ṭawāf, qaḍā prayer, āyāt prayer and Night prayer, and she should only perform wuḍū.

Issue No.423- A mustaḥāḍah may offer qaḍā prayer. However, she should perform wuḍū for each prayer as an obligatory precaution. As for the daily nawāfil [1] , the wuḍū performed for the obligatory prayer is sufficient. In addition, one wuḍū suffices for all the Night prayer provided that they are offered successively.

Issue No.424- Any blood a woman discharges is classified as the blood of istiḥāḍah, given that it is not the blood of a wound or hymen, and also does not meet the conditions of ḥayḍ (monthly period) or nifās (lochia).

Issue No.425- If a woman doubts whether the blood is of a wound or not, and her apparent condition suggests that she is healthy, the blood is treated as the blood of istiḥāḍah, but if her condition is doubtful and she cannot decide on whether blood coming out of her body is of a wound or of something else, the rules of istiḥāḍah will not apply.

Issue No.431- If a girl who does not know whether she has completed nine years of age or not, sees blood which does not bear the signs of Hayz, it is not considered as Hayz, and in case it has the signs and she becomes sure that it is Hayz, this is an indication of completion of nine years and maturity[1] . However, if a woman who doubts whether or not she has reached menopause, sees blood which she cannot decide whether or not it is the blood of Hayz, she should consider it as Hayz and assume that she has not yet reached menopause.

Issue No.433- The first three days of ḥayḍ should be continuous. Therefore, if blood is seen for two days and then interrupted by one day and then seen again, it will not be ḥayḍ. Continuity of blood does not mean that during the three days blood should flow continuously, rather if the blood is present within the vagina, it will be sufficient.

Issue No.434- It is not necessary for the blood to be discharged on the first and the fourth night, but it is essential that bleeding should not discontinue on the second and the third night.

Issue No.435- If a woman sees blood continuously for three days and then becomes ṭāhir, if she sees blood again, in case the total number of days in which blood was seen and the number of the days in which she was ṭāhir, does not exceed ten days, the days in which blood is seen will be counted as ḥayḍ. However, in the middle days during which she remained ṭāhir, the rules of a ṭāhir women will apply to her.

Issue No.436- If a woman sees blood for less than three days and then becomes ṭāhir, after which she sees blood for three days or more having the signs of menses which were mentioned before, only the second blood will be ḥayḍ.