For how long is it necessary to insert the cotton swab to ensure ritual purity from menstruation by means of the white discharge (al-Qassah al-Bayda) or dryness (al-Jufūf)?
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Scholars have not mentioned a specific duration for the cotton to remain inside the vagina. If a woman inserts it and then immediately removes it, and it comes out clean, free of menstrual blood, yellowish discharge, and brownish discharge, this indicates her purity and the obligation for her to perform .
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