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The Laws of Menstruation, Postnatal Bleeding, & Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding Based on the Hanafī school of Islamic law

THE LAWS OF MENSTRUATION

Book’s Introduction

Menstruation (ḥayḍ), postnatal bleeding (nifās) and dysfunctional uterine bleeding (istiḥaḍa) all flow from the vagina. Each one is considered different and there are specific rulings related to each of them.

Menstruation

1. Menstruation (hayḍ) is that blood, which the womb of a mature female excretes and that is not the result of any illness, pregnancy, or that is post-menopausal.

2. Its minimum duration is three days and its maximum is ten days. A day refers to a 24-hour period. Hence, the minimum menstruation period would be 72 hours.

3.   Discharge of any color—red, yellow, muddy, green, black, or earthy— which a woman sees in the days of menstrual bleeding is considered menstrual discharge and her menstruation will continue until the discharge is pure white or there is no discharge. Once blood flows onto the external skin of the vagina (i.e., out of the inner lips), ḥayḍ                     This is irrespective of whether it flows out to the outer lips or not.

 If some cotton, a pad, or a tampon is inserted into the vagina whereby the blood cannot flow out, then as long as the blood remains in the vagina and no blood is seen on the outside of the cotton, menstruation has not commenced.

When blood appears onto the inner lips of the vaginal opening (or on the external visible area of the inserted cotton wool), menstruation will commence from the time the blood is seen

Example: If a woman inserted a piece of cotton or tissue in the internal vagina at night and in the morning she saw blood on the tissue, menstruation will be calculated from the time she saw the blood

It is disliked (makrūh) for a woman to use tampons or to insert anything into the inner vagina (Radd al-Muḥ    ).