A woman sees blood on different dates and has no fixed duration at all. If she sees blood for more than 10 days then she must follow the guidelines below:
- If the blood has signs of haidh, then the number of days with signs is haidh and the rest is istihadha.
If the blood has the signs of haidh and the same signs remain for 13 days, then it is as if there were no signs. If the blood has no signs of haidh then the way to calculate the duration is that she should consult her family to verify the normal time duration of period in the family. Once she has a number she should verify the normal time duration of period experienced by female members of her family. If the majority of the women in her family have similar durations, she should follow their pattern. In this case, the normal duration in the family is considered haidh, and the remaining days is istihadha.
If the family members have different durations and it is hard to determine, then a woman must use the number 7 to calculate the number of days for haidh, the number of days for Jum` or Jamaa*and the number of days for istihadha. (This will be clearer when we get into different scenarios)
*Jum` or Jamaa: Means combining the rules of both haidh and istihadha at the same time. What ever is haram in haidth must be avoided but whatever is wajib in istihadha must be done. Since salat is obligatory in istihadha along with ghusl (ritual bath), she must perform ghusl and salat. Similarly, since entering a mosque is haram (prohibited) in haidh then she should refrain from entering a mosque.
Some Scenarios:
Scenario 1: This woman in the past 2 months has seen blood on different dates and the blood flow did not have a fixed duration. She saw blood for 13 days and out of those 13 days; there were 8 days where she saw signs of haidh. In this situation, she should consider 8 days as haidh and the rest as istihadha.
Scenario 2: This woman in the past 2 months has seen blood on different dates and the blood flow did not have a fixed duration. Then this month she saw blood for 13 days, and the blood had no signs of haidh. In this situation, she must consult her family, to verify the normal time duration of ‘haidh’ in the family. Let us suppose the number of days that make up the normal duration of haidh in her family is 5 days. Since 5 days is less than 7 (the number 7 is what we discussed above), she should follow these guidelines:
- The duration of her haidh is 5 days
- The duration of Jamaa is 2 days (Difference between 5 and 7)
- The duration of istihadha is 6 days
- Total duration of blood flow is 13 days
Scenario 3: This woman in the past 2 months has seen blood on different dates and the blood flow did not have a fixed duration. This month she saw blood for 13 days. The blood had no signs. In this situation, she must consult her family, to verify the normal time duration of ‘haidh’ in the family. Let us suppose the number of days that is the normal duration of haidh in her family is 8 days. Since 8 days is greater than 7 (the number 7 is what we discussed above), she should follow these guidelines:
- The duration of her haidh is 7 days
- The duration of Jamaa is 1 days (Difference between 7 and 8)
- The duration of istihadha is 5 days
Total duration of blood flow 13 days
Scenario 4: This woman in the past 2 months has seen blood on different dates and the blood flow did not have a fixed duration. This month she saw blood for 13 days. The blood had no signs. In this situation she must consult her family, to verify the normal time duration of ‘haidh’ in the family. Let us suppose the number of days that is the normal duration of haidh in her family is 7 days. Since 7 days is the same as 7 (the number 7 is what we discussed above), she should follow these guidelines:
The duration of her haidh is 7 days
The duration of Jamaa is 0 days
The duration of istihadha is 6 days
Total duration of blood flow 13 days
Related Pages:
Haidh (Period) Istehadha (Abnormal bleeding) Beginners (Mubtadiyah) Women of Habit (Zaat-ul-Adah) Women who are forgetful (Nasiyah)
