What is the ruling concerning the fasting and prayer of a woman who believed that her menstrual blood was istihāḍah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding), but then realized after Ramadan that it was in fact menstruation?
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The days you fasted during menstruation must be made up, as well as the prayers you performed after the cessation of menstruation but before performing , because they were not valid. It is more cautious to make up those prayers, in agreement with the opinion of the majority of scholars.
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