When is ghusl obligatory: Is it after the usual period of menstruation, or after the brown discharge that follows menstruation stops and the white discharge (al-qassah al-bayḍā’) then appears?
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A woman becomes pure by dryness. If she sees dryness—meaning, if she inserts a cotton swab and it comes out clean with no trace of blood, yellowish discharge, or brownish discharge—then she has become pure and must perform . She should not pay attention to any brownish discharges she might see after that, based on the statement of Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her): "We did not consider the yellowish or brownish discharge after purification to be anything." However, any yellowish or brownish discharge that is connected to blood is considered menstruation.
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