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← C) Postnatal bleeding (Nifās)
D) Istiḥāḍa (Irregular Bleeding)
Issue 41: Istiḥāḍa is blood a woman sees that is neither menstruation nor Nifās nor blood from a wound, pus, or injury. This blood, unlike menstrual blood, is usually yellow and thin, without heat or burning sensation, and when a woman sees this blood, she is called mustaḥāḍa.
Issue 42: Istiḥāḍa is of three types:
1. Kathīra (excessive): The blood covers the cotton placed in the vaginal area, seeps through, and soils the sanitary pad.
2. Mutawassiṭa (medium): The blood penetrates into the cotton (or pad etc.), even partially, but does not soak the sanitary pad on the outer side.
3. Qalīla (light): The blood only soils the surface of the cotton without soaking through.
Issue 43: For a woman in excessive Istiḥāḍa, it is obligatory to perform three ghusl: one for the morning prayer (Fajr), one for the noon (Ẓuhr) and afternoon (ʿAṣr) prayers if performed consecutively, and one for the evening (Maghrib) and night (ʿIshā) prayers if performed consecutively. If there is a gap between these prayers, a separate ghusl is required for each prayer.
Issue 44: For medium Istiḥāḍa, it is obligatory to perform ablution (wuḍū) for each prayer, and the obligatory precaution is to perform one ghusl daily before all wudu.
Issue 45: For light Istiḥāḍa, it is obligatory to perform wudu for each obligatory or recommended prayer.
Issue 46: After the cessation of bleeding, the mustaḥāḍa woman must purify herself before praying. For light or medium Istiḥāḍa, purification requires wudu, while for excessive Istiḥāḍa, ghusl is required. A woman in the state of Istiḥāḍa cannot touch the writing of the Quran with any part of her body before obtaining purification (wuḍū or ghusl), but after purification, she may do so as long as the prayer has not ended. The rules applicable to a menstruating woman, such as the prohibition of sexual intercourse during bleeding days and the prohibition of entering and staying in a mosque, or placing anything in a mosque, and the prohibition of reciting verses with obligatory prostrations, do not apply to a mustaḥāḍa woman.
E) Death →
← C) Postnatal bleeding (Nifās)
Issue 42: Istiḥāḍa is of three types:
1. Kathīra (excessive): The blood covers the cotton placed in the vaginal area, seeps through, and soils the sanitary pad.
2. Mutawassiṭa (medium): The blood penetrates into the cotton (or pad etc.), even partially, but does not soak the sanitary pad on the outer side.
3. Qalīla (light): The blood only soils the surface of the cotton without soaking through.
Issue 43: For a woman in excessive Istiḥāḍa, it is obligatory to perform three ghusl: one for the morning prayer (Fajr), one for the noon (Ẓuhr) and afternoon (ʿAṣr) prayers if performed consecutively, and one for the evening (Maghrib) and night (ʿIshā) prayers if performed consecutively. If there is a gap between these prayers, a separate ghusl is required for each prayer.
Issue 44: For medium Istiḥāḍa, it is obligatory to perform ablution (wuḍū) for each prayer, and the obligatory precaution is to perform one ghusl daily before all wudu.
Issue 45: For light Istiḥāḍa, it is obligatory to perform wudu for each obligatory or recommended prayer.
Issue 46: After the cessation of bleeding, the mustaḥāḍa woman must purify herself before praying. For light or medium Istiḥāḍa, purification requires wudu, while for excessive Istiḥāḍa, ghusl is required. A woman in the state of Istiḥāḍa cannot touch the writing of the Quran with any part of her body before obtaining purification (wuḍū or ghusl), but after purification, she may do so as long as the prayer has not ended. The rules applicable to a menstruating woman, such as the prohibition of sexual intercourse during bleeding days and the prohibition of entering and staying in a mosque, or placing anything in a mosque, and the prohibition of reciting verses with obligatory prostrations, do not apply to a mustaḥāḍa woman.
