Are the first days of Ramadan, which the wife fasted while in a state of postpartum bleeding (nifas), considered valid, and is her fasting accepted and does not require making up, or are the other days she fasted after she felt menstruation to be made up, or is her fasting accepted?

The maximum period for post-natal bleeding (nifas) is forty days. If a woman becomes pure during these forty days, she should perform ghusl (ritual bath) and is then considered ritually pure. Consequently, if the wife was pure when Ramadan began, she must fast, unless she has another valid excuse. She must also make up the day she missed fasting while she was pure.

As for the bleeding that occurs on the fortieth day, she is obligated to break her fast and make up the day, because the return of nifas bleeding before the completion of forty days is considered part of the nifas period.

She must also make up the day she had bleeding after the forty days and believed it to be menstruation, and thus broke her fast, because the bleeding did not continue for the minimum recognized period of menstruation.