| Q1. |
What is (Nifas)? |
| A1. |
Nifas is the blood that is discharged
due to childbirth. |
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| Q2. |
What is the time
period for Nifas? |
| A2. |
The maximum time for Nifas is 40 days
and nights. |
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| Q3. |
What happens if
the blood is discharged for more than 40 days? |
| A3. |
If this is the woman's first child,
the full 40 days and nights is regarded as Nifas. If she cannot remember
how long the blood was discharged from a previous childbirth, then the
full 40 days and nights is regarded as Nifas. If she bleeds for more
than 40 days and nights, it will be Istihaza. |
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| Q4. |
What happens if
the woman can remember the length of the last Nifas? |
| A4. |
She must regard that number of days
that she previously had bleeding as her Nifas and anything more than
those days (as long as the total goes over forty days) as Istihaza. For
example, if her habit for Nifas is 30 days and this time the bleeding
was for 45 days, then the 30 days is Nifas and the rest is Istihaza. |
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| Q5. |
What happens if
the woman bleeds for a few days and then the bleeding stops and
continues after a few days? Will this still be taken as Nifas? |
| A5. |
If at times the blood is discharged
and sometimes it stops and continues again, it is still taken as Nifas
as long as it is all within the 40 days.
Note: If a woman after childbirth stops bleeding before 40 days,
she is to make Nifas Ghusal and start performing her Salaah and not wait
until 40 days to perform Ghusal. This is a common mistake women make. |
