Issue 38: Nifās is the blood a woman sees during or after childbirth due to the delivery, and in this state, the woman is called Nufasāʾ. Nifās has no minimum duration; it can last only for a moment, and the maximum duration is ten days. If bleeding continues beyond ten days and the woman has regular menstrual periods, such as five days, she will treat those days as the days of her usual cycle, and the remaining days will be considered as Istiḥāḍa (irregular bleeding). If she does not have a regular menstrual cycle, the duration of Nifās is considered ten days, and the remaining days are treated as Istiḥāḍa.
Issue 39: The obligations, prohibitions, and other rules for a woman in Nifās are the same as for a menstruating woman. The difference is that it is prohibited, based on obligatory precaution, to recite verses with obligatory prostrations, to pass through the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Ḥarām) and the Mosque of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), to enter other mosques except for passing through, and to place anything in these mosques.
Issue 40: After being cleansed from Nifās blood, it is obligatory for a woman to perform the Ghusl of Nifās for acts such as prayer, which require purification from major ritual impurity (al-ḥadath al-akbar).