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Faṭimah: If a woman has a fixed duration cycle, should she consider it menstruation as soon as she sees blood?
Mother: If the blood she sees has the signs of menstruation (for example, it is dark red, and it exits with pressure, and causes slight burning sensation), she should immediately consider it menstruation. However, if it doesn't have these signs, she should wait until she is sure the bleeding will last for three days, then consider it menstruation.
Faṭimah: If a woman has a fixed duration cycle of seven days but one month she bleeds for five days or nine days, what should she do?
Mother: Since her bleeding stops before the full ten days in both cases, all five or nine days should be considered menstruation.
Faṭimah: If a woman has a fixed duration cycle of seven days, but one month she bleeds continuously for more than ten days, what should she do?
Mother: She should consider the first seven days as menstruation. If on the eighth day she notices that the bleeding hasn't stopped, she shouldn't perform the ritual bath (Ghusl) for menstruation and should wait until the tenth day. If the bleeding continues after the tenth day, it will be clear that the first seven days were menstruation and the remaining three days were Istiḥāḍa. She should then perform Ghusl for menstruation and make up for the prayers she missed during those three days.
Rules for Mubtadiʾa (First-Time Menstruation) →
← Rules for Fixed Time Cycles
Mother: If the blood she sees has the signs of menstruation (for example, it is dark red, and it exits with pressure, and causes slight burning sensation), she should immediately consider it menstruation. However, if it doesn't have these signs, she should wait until she is sure the bleeding will last for three days, then consider it menstruation.
Faṭimah: If a woman has a fixed duration cycle of seven days but one month she bleeds for five days or nine days, what should she do?
Mother: Since her bleeding stops before the full ten days in both cases, all five or nine days should be considered menstruation.
Faṭimah: If a woman has a fixed duration cycle of seven days, but one month she bleeds continuously for more than ten days, what should she do?
Mother: She should consider the first seven days as menstruation. If on the eighth day she notices that the bleeding hasn't stopped, she shouldn't perform the ritual bath (Ghusl) for menstruation and should wait until the tenth day. If the bleeding continues after the tenth day, it will be clear that the first seven days were menstruation and the remaining three days were Istiḥāḍa. She should then perform Ghusl for menstruation and make up for the prayers she missed during those three days.
