FatwaFederal TerritoriesPurification (Taharah)
IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-865: TEMPOH SUCI ANTARA HAID DAN NIFAS
What is the status of blood that flows continuously during late pregnancy into postpartum bleeding, with no purity period separating it from nifas?
Short answer
Blood during pregnancy is ruled as menstruation (haid) if it lasts at least 24 hours, according to the preferred view in the Shafi'i school.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Purification (Taharah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Blood during pregnancy is ruled as menstruation (haid) if it lasts at least 24 hours, according to the preferred view in the Shafi'i school. If it is less than 24 hours, it is considered diseased blood (fasad), treated like istihadah. Blood from labour pains (dam al-talaq) is also fasad, unless it is connected to earlier haid blood, in which case it is haid. There is no minimum purity period between haid during pregnancy and nifas after birth, as the two may be continuous.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Tiada tempoh minimum suci yang memisahkan antara haid ketika hamil dan nifas selepas bersalin kerana dalam keadaan tertentu antara keduanya boleh bersambung.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-865: TEMPOH SUCI ANTARA HAID DAN NIFAS”, 27 August 2024. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/5980-irsyad-hukum-siri-ke-865-tempoh-suci-antara-haid-dan-nifas. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/blood-status-no-purity-between-haid-and-nifas/