The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

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Eighth condition: Wuḍū should be performed in the prescribed sequence.Issue No.307- Wuḍū should be performed in the prescribed sequence therefore, he should first wash his face, then the right arm and then the left, and thereafter, he should wipe his head and then the feet. As an obligatory precaution, he should not wipe the left foot before the right one either.

Issue No.359- There are seven obligatory ghusls:1- Ghusl of janābah2- Ghusl for ḥayḍ3- Ghusl for nifās4- Ghusl for istiḥāḍah5- Ghusl for touching a dead body 6- Ghusl of dead body7- Recommended ghusl which becomes obligatory on account of a vow (nadhr) or an oath.

Issue 360-A person becomes junub in two ways: First: sexual intercourse. Second: Discharge of semen, while in sleep or when awake, be it little or much, with or without lust.

Issue No.402- One type of blood which is discharged from women is called istiḥāḍah and a woman in such a state is referred to as mustaḥāḍah. In general, the bloods which are discharged from the uteruses of women, excluding ḥayḍ (monthly period), nifās (lochia), ulcer and boil, are classified as istiḥāḍah blood.

Issue No.426- Ḥayḍ, which is also called the monthly period, is a kind of blood which is discharged every month from the womb often for a few days, and is what the embryo feeds off of. A woman in her menses is called ‘ḥā’iḍ. There are rules for a ḥā’iḍ in the holy sharia of Islam that will be explained in the coming issues.

Issue No.370- The following five things are haram for one who is junub:1- To touch the script of the holy Qur'an or the name of Almighty Allah and names of the prophets and Imams (as), as an obligatory precaution, as mentioned in the 'Wuḍū' section.2- Entering al-Masjid al-Haram or al-Masjid al-Nabawi even though it may be only passing from one gate and going out of another.3- To halt in all other mosques. However, there is no harm in entering from one gate and exiting from another, or going there to bring something out. The same ruling applies to shrines of the holy Imams (as) as an obligatory precaution.4- Entering a mosque to place something in it.5- To recite the verses of sajdah from the holy Qur'an, but reciting verses other than those verses of the same sūrah is permissible.

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.