DETAILED RULINGS FOR A WOMAN WHO SEES PUERPERAL BLOOD

[Bararthani]

Question: What are the rulings of a woman who has given birth in detail?

Answer: The blood that a woman sees after the first part of the baby comes out of the womb within ten days, provided that the blood of childbirth applies to it, is postpartum blood (Nifas). The blood that comes before that is not Nifas. The minimum duration of Nifas blood is one moment and the maximum duration is ten days, and more than that is not Nifas. If the puerperal blood exceeds ten days, if the woman has a habit of duration in her menses, the blood is counted puerperal for the number of days of her habit, and the rest is counted istihadah.

But if she does not have a habit of duration, up to ten days the blood is Nifas, and the rest is istihadah. If she forgets her habit, she should assume the habit as the highest number that gives probability.
What is obligatory on the menstruating woman is also obligatory on a woman who sees puerperal blood.

According to the obligatory precaution, the following acts are forbidden for a woman who sees puerperal blood:

• Stopping in the mosque and entering it without passing
• Passing through the two mosques (Masjid al-Haram and the mosque of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace)
• Reciting the obligatory verses of prostration
• Touching the script of the Quran and the name of God