Issue 332: Nifaas Ghusl is for the women’s bleeding after they give birth to their babies and such blood is not discharged at any other time.

Issue 333: From the very beginning of the time when a pregnant mother starts giving birth to her baby, she starts bleeding and this blood is called ‘Nifaas’ provided that it stops within ten days. A woman discharging Nifaas is referred to as “Nafsaa”.

Issue 334: The blood discharged before the appearance of the first limb of the baby who is being born, is not considered as Nifaas.

Issue 335: It is not necessary that the baby is fully grown. Even if an incomplete fetus or a blood clot comes out of the womb of a pregnant woman and the woman herself knows that if it remained in her womb, it would develop into a baby, or if four midwives approve such a thing, then the blood discharged within the first ten days is considered Nifaas.

Issue 336: Nifaas may be discharged just for a moment, but it would never exceed ten days.

Issue 337: When a woman doubts whether she has aborted something, or whether the aborted thing would develop into a baby if it remained in her womb, it is not necessary for her to investigate, and the blood discharged, is not considered Nifaas.

Issue 338: Halting in a mosque and touching the scripts
of the Holy Quran with any part of the body is
illegal for a Nifaas discharging woman. Whatever
is considered illegal, obligatory or legally
disapproved for a menstruating woman, also applies to a Nifaas-discharging woman.

Issue 339: To divorce a Nifaas-discharging woman is void. It is also illegal to have sexual intercourse with her, and if a man does so, as a recommended precaution he must give Kaffara as it was instructed in the case of having sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman.

Q340: What is the blood discharged after a pregnant woman’s baby is born by Caesarean section? Is it Nifaas or Istihadha?

A: The blood which is discharged naturally immediately after child’s birth is considered Nifaas, even if the child has been born by Caesarean section, but the bleeding caused by cutting the opening in the woman’s body is not accounted Nifaas.

Q341: What is the blood discharged from a woman’s vaginal passage whose womb has been removed by surgery? Is it considered Haydh, Istihadha, or is it considered as neither Haydh nor Istihadha but bleeding from a wound?

A: It is neither Haydh nor Istihadha, but the bleeding from a wound.