Nifas
Nifas is the bleeding that follows childbirth. Like hayd, it exempts a woman from prayer and fasting, and ends with ghusl once it stops. Its maximum recognized duration is discussed across the sources, along with what to do if bleeding continues beyond it.
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Is a woman's fast valid if she performs ghusl and intends to fast after 11 days of premature birth and intermittent bleeding? And does nifas have a specific duration before which ghusl is not permissible?
The blood discharged with childbirth is postpartum bleeding (nifas). There is no minimum limit for its duration, but its maximum, according to the preponderant opinion, is forty days. Purity from nifas is achieved by…
Is it permissible for a woman in nifas (postpartum bleeding) to pray if the bleeding stops before forty days?
Nifas (postpartum bleeding) is the blood discharged from the uterus due to childbirth. If a woman gives birth and does not see any blood, she is not considered a nufasa (woman in postpartum bleeding) and is not bound by…
After childbirth, I experienced bleeding and yellow discharge, then saw signs of purity and performed ghusl and prayed. Later, the discharge and bleeding returned. Am I still in a state of postpartum bleeding (nifas), or am I considered pure? And do I need to make up the prayers missed during the days of yellow discharge?
Post-natal bleeding (nifas) is the blood discharged due to childbirth. The ruling of nifas continues until the woman sees purity (tuhur) or completes forty days. Yellowish and brownish discharges connected to nifas…
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Is there postnatal bleeding (nifas) after a Cesarean section?
When does a wife's postpartum bleeding (nifas) end if brown discharge is present, and is intercourse in this state a sin?
Do the secretions that follow the cessation of postpartum bleeding count as nifas, or is prayer obligatory thereafter, and is it necessary to make up missed prayers when the number of days is unknown?