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B) Menstruation (Hayḍ)
Issue 32: Menstruation is a type of blood that women recognize and usually occurs at regular monthly intervals. This blood is typically warm, red or slightly blackish, and comes out with a little pressure and a burning sensation. A woman is considered menstruating when this blood is discharged from her body.
Issue 33: Menstrual blood starts to appear after completing nine lunar years (approximately equivalent to eight years, eight months, and twenty days in the solar calendar) and stops after completing sixty lunar years (approximately equivalent to fifty-eight years and eighty days in the solar calendar). The rules of menstruation do not apply to any blood seen before the age of nine or after sixty.
Issue 34: The minimum duration of menstruation is three days (72 hours) from the onset and must be continuous. If it starts at night, it must continue until the evening of the third day. The maximum duration is ten days. The blood must flow continuously for the first three days and nights.
Issue 35: There are two types of menstruating women:
1. Women with regular cycles: Those who have regular menstrual cycles.
2. Women without regular cycles: Those who do not have regular cycles.
Women with regular cycles can be categorized into three types:
1. Those with both a regular time and duration.
2. Those with a regular duration but not a regular time.
3. Those with a regular time but not a regular duration.
Women without regular cycles can also be categorized into three types:
1. Those experiencing their first menstruation.
2. Those with irregular cycles (muḍṭaribah) i.e., women with disordered cycle of menstruation.
3. Those who have forgotten their cycle pattern.
For details on the rules for menstruating women, refer to the relevant jurisprudential texts.
Issue 36: A menstruating woman cannot perform prayers, fasting, or circumambulation (ṭawāf) of the Kaʿba. She must make up the missed fasts during Ramaḍān but is not required to make up the missed prayers.
Divorce during menstruation (except in specific cases) is invalid. It is prohibited for her husband to have vaginal intercourse with her while she is menstruating. All acts prohibited for a person in Janābah, as mentioned in Issue 31, are also prohibited for a menstruating woman.
Issue 37: After the menstruation period ends, it is obligatory for a woman to perform ghusl to engage in acts requiring purity from major ritual impurity, such as prayer.
C) Postnatal bleeding (Nifās) →
← A) Janābah >>> Causes of Janābah
Issue 33: Menstrual blood starts to appear after completing nine lunar years (approximately equivalent to eight years, eight months, and twenty days in the solar calendar) and stops after completing sixty lunar years (approximately equivalent to fifty-eight years and eighty days in the solar calendar). The rules of menstruation do not apply to any blood seen before the age of nine or after sixty.
Issue 34: The minimum duration of menstruation is three days (72 hours) from the onset and must be continuous. If it starts at night, it must continue until the evening of the third day. The maximum duration is ten days. The blood must flow continuously for the first three days and nights.
Issue 35: There are two types of menstruating women:
1. Women with regular cycles: Those who have regular menstrual cycles.
2. Women without regular cycles: Those who do not have regular cycles.
Women with regular cycles can be categorized into three types:
1. Those with both a regular time and duration.
2. Those with a regular duration but not a regular time.
3. Those with a regular time but not a regular duration.
Women without regular cycles can also be categorized into three types:
1. Those experiencing their first menstruation.
2. Those with irregular cycles (muḍṭaribah) i.e., women with disordered cycle of menstruation.
3. Those who have forgotten their cycle pattern.
For details on the rules for menstruating women, refer to the relevant jurisprudential texts.
Issue 36: A menstruating woman cannot perform prayers, fasting, or circumambulation (ṭawāf) of the Kaʿba. She must make up the missed fasts during Ramaḍān but is not required to make up the missed prayers.
Divorce during menstruation (except in specific cases) is invalid. It is prohibited for her husband to have vaginal intercourse with her while she is menstruating. All acts prohibited for a person in Janābah, as mentioned in Issue 31, are also prohibited for a menstruating woman.
Issue 37: After the menstruation period ends, it is obligatory for a woman to perform ghusl to engage in acts requiring purity from major ritual impurity, such as prayer.
