Is the period following a cleansing operation due to the absence of a fetus (in the ninth week of pregnancy) considered nifas (postpartum bleeding), knowing that intermittent bleeding occurred for two weeks after the procedure, and what is the ruling on prayer and intercourse after the complete cessation of bleeding, with only a few yellowish discharges remaining, and what is the ruling on not praying during the bleeding that occurred before the operation?
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If a miscarriage occurs and the fetus has not formed inside the womb, the blood discharged as a result is considered blood of vitiation (dam fasad). In this case, the woman should pray, fast, and her husband may approach her. If, after that, blood, yellowish discharge, or brownish discharge appears during the time of her regular menstruation or with its characteristics, then it is menstrual blood (hayd). Otherwise, it is irregular bleeding (istihadah). The wife must make up the prayers she missed during the period of vitiated blood and irregular bleeding.
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