Haidh (Menstruation or Period)

Mubtadiyah: Beginner: One who saw blood for the first time.

Nasiyah: Forgetful: When a woman forgets her habit, which means that she has forgotten the dates and the duration.

Important Question:  When a woman sees blood for 10 days, it is all considered haidh (Menses), but if she sees blood for more than 10 days, then what?

If blood is seen for more than 10 days, then she must decide which category (categories of women) she fits in and follow the rules from the ‘Rules for a woman in menses’ that follow: -

Rules for a Woman in Menses

Woman having the habit of time and duration:  As was mentioned earlier this is a woman who in the last 2 months has seen blood on a particular date and for a fixed duration. When a woman under this category sees blood for 10 days then it is all haidh, but if she sees it for more than 10 days then the blood seen during the days of habit is considered part of her period and the rest is istihadha.

Some scenarios of women having a ‘Habit of Time and Duration’

Scenario 1: If a woman in the last 2 months has seen blood for 7 days but this month she sees blood for 10 days, what is her duty? In this situation she should consider all 10 days as ‘haidh’. As the flow was not more than 10 days.

Scenario 2:  If a woman in the last 2 months has seen blood for 8 days (Her habit is 8 days), but this month she sees blood for 13 days, what is her duty? In this situation she should consider the first 8 days as ‘haidh’ and the 5 extra days as ‘istihadha’, because the total flow was more than 10 days. When a woman’s menses continues for more than 10 days then the blood seen during the days of her habit is haidh and the rest is istihadha.

Scenario 3: If a woman in the last 2 months has seen blood between the 10^th and 18^th BUT this month she saw blood from 7^th to 20^th, what is her duty? In this situation she should do the following:

7^th to 9^{th………..} is istihadha