Fiqh (Jurisprudence)

Noor-ul-Idha wa Najatul Arwaah

(The light of clarification and the Salvation of Souls)


The Chapter Of Menstrual Periods, Postnatal And Chronic Vaginal Discharge


The Types Of Blood


The types of blood that exit from the female (vagina( are:

Menstrual periods Postnatal bleeding Chronic vaginal discharge

Haydh Nifaas Istihadha


Menstrual Bleeding (Haydh)


Menstrual bleeding is blood that discharges (forcefully) from the uterus of a female who has attained puberty, who is not ill or pregnant and has not reached the age of menopause which is fifty five years old. The minimum days of menstrual periods are three days and three nights. The average is five days and the maximum is ten days.


Postnatal Bleeding (Nifaas)


Postnatal bleeding is blood that discharges after giving birth. The maximum days of postnatal bleeding is forty days. There is no fixed limit on the minimum period.


Chronic Vaginal Discharge (Istihadha)


Istihadha is the discharge of blood that stops in less than three days or blood in excess of ten days of menstrual bleeding. Equally, the excess of blood after forty days of postnatal bleeding. is regarded as Istihadha.