What is the ruling regarding a woman who broke her fast for six days of Ramadan due to blood discharge after uterine surgery, and is this blood considered corrupt like menstrual blood?
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The blood discharged due to surgery is not considered menstruation, as menstruation is blood that exits without a cause. However, if fasting affects the health of the questioner due to the surgery or exacerbates her illness, then she is permitted to break her fast and must make up for it later. But if fasting does not affect her health, then she is not permitted to break her fast because of this blood, and if she breaks her fast assuming it is a permissible reason, then she must make up for it.
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