What is the ruling on a woman in nifas (postpartum bleeding) observing fasts and prayers if her bleeding ceased for 10 days after 24 days postpartum, then dark drops with the smell of menses began to descend from her again after one, two, or three days of cessation, and does she have to perform ghusl (ritual purification bath) after every drop if she is fasting and praying?

If these drops are blood, then it is most likely postpartum bleeding (nifas), and a woman in postpartum bleeding must refrain from fasting and praying during the forty-day period. If the drops cease, she must perform ghusl (ritual bath). If she sees these drops during the daytime in Ramadan, she must make up for the fast of that day. However, if they are yellowish or brownish discharge, there is a scholarly difference of opinion regarding whether they constitute nifas. The preponderant view is that they do not constitute nifas, and the woman is not required to repeat ghusl or make up for the fast.