Is it permissible not to perform ghusl after menstruation if intermittent bleeding or yellow discharge continues after the usual five days, based on the cotton swab method mentioned in "IslamWeb"? If so, must one make up the prayers for the days in which ghusl was not performed (the seventh and eighth days)? And must one make up the prayers for the entire eighth day if ghusl was performed in the middle of it?
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What you did by not praying when you were unsure about achieving ritual purity was what was obligatory upon you. The obligation is to monitor for ritual purity at the times of prayers whenever you believe it has been attained, and not to be lenient in this matter.
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