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When does the day begin for the calculation of the menstrual period: Is it from Maghrib prayer or from Fajr prayer?

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"The term 'day' (yawm) in Islamic law has different applications. For a menstruating woman (al-haa'id), the counting of the day begins from the moment she first sees blood. So, if twenty-four hours pass from the time she sees blood, then a day and a night have passed for her."

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