When is the fifteen-day duration of menstruation calculated if it began on Tuesday, 7/6/2022, with pain and a brownish discharge occurring one day before sunset? And is the brownish discharge that preceded the menstruation considered part of it?
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If the brownish discharge and menstrual symptoms appear connected to menstruation after a previous period of purity that lasted fifteen days or so, then it is considered menstruation. Anything beyond fifteen days is considered istihada (non-menstrual bleeding). However, if it is not preceded by a complete period of purity, or if it is not connected to menstruation, then it is not considered menstruation and does not prevent prayer, based on the of Umm Atiyyah: "We did not consider the brownish and yellowish discharge to be anything."
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