Issue No.404- Istiḥāḍah is of two kinds only: qalīlah (little) and kathīrah (excessive). If a woman places cotton in her private part and blood remains on the surface of the cotton wool but does not come out from its other side, whether it penetrates it or not, it is qalīlah. And if the blood penetrates the cotton and passes through it and flows, it is called kathīrah.
Issue No. 406- If a woman has performed ghusl and wuḍū before the time of prayer, she must perform wuḍū and ghusl again at the time of prayer, as an obligatory precaution.
Issue No.407- If the qalīlah istiḥāḍah of a woman changes to kathīrah istiḥāḍah after fajr prayer, she should perform ghusl for ẓuhr and ‘aṣr prayers and if the blood changes to kathīrah case after ẓuhr and ‘aṣr, prayers she should perform ghusl for maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers.
Issue No.409- If a woman does ghusl before the fajr adhān (in the case of kathīrah istiḥāḍah) or performs wuḍū (in the case of qalīlah istiḥāḍah) for Night Prayer and offers it, it no more is necessary to repeat ghusl or wuḍū. However, in the case of qalīlah istiḥāḍah if she sees blood again she should repeat wuḍū.
Issue No.412- If a woman does not know whether her istiḥāḍah is qalīlah or kathīrah she should check herself before prayer as an obligatory precaution, and if she cannot, she should, as an obligatory precaution, observe the rules of both qalīlah and kathīrah istiḥāḍahs. However, if she knows what her previous state of istiḥāḍah was, be it qalīlah or kathīrah, she can keep acting according to the rules prescribed for that kind of istiḥāḍah.
Issue No.415- A mustaḥāḍah should start the prayer immediately after ghusl or wuḍū, but there would be no harm in reciting adhān and iqāmah and the supplications before the prayer and even waiting to join congregational prayer for the time that is usual. Similarly, while offering prayer she can perform recommended acts like qunūt, etc.
Issue No.427- There are some signs for ḥayḍ. It is often thick and warm and its colour is either dark or red, and it is discharged with pressure and some irritation.
Issue No.428- Both sayyid and non-sayyid women reach menopause after the age of fifty lunar years [1] . That is to say, any blood in this age is seen is not ḥayḍ unless the blood has all the signs of ḥayḍ, in which case they should act accordingly.
Issue No.429- The blood seen by a girl before completion of nine years, or by a woman after she has reached menopause is not classified as ḥayḍ, and in case the blood does not come from a sore or a wound, it should be treated as istiḥāḍah, the rules of which were explained before.
Issue No.430- It is possible for a pregnant woman or a breast-feeding mother to become ḥā’iḍ.
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 ḥayḍ, it is not considered as ḥayḍ, and in case it has the signs and she becomes sure that it is ḥayḍ, 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 ḥayḍ, she should consider it as ḥayḍ and assume that she has not yet reached menopause.
Issue No.432- The period of ḥayḍ is no less than 3 days and no more than 10 days and if the blood discharged is less than 3 days even by a little, it will not be considered as ḥayḍ.
