FatwaFederal TerritoriesPurification (Taharah)
AL-KAFI #608 : DARAH NIFAS BERHENTI SELAMA 15 HARI
Is blood that returns on the 40th day after childbirth, after having stopped for a period, still considered postnatal bleeding because it falls within 60 days?
Short answer
In the Shafi'i school, the maximum duration of postnatal bleeding (nifas) is 60 days.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Purification (Taharah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
In the Shafi'i school, the maximum duration of postnatal bleeding (nifas) is 60 days. If the bleeding stops and there is a clean period of 15 days before blood returns, the second bleeding is treated as menstruation (haid), not nifas, even if it is within 60 days. If the second bleeding goes beyond 15 days, the excess is treated as istihadah. In the case asked, the blood on day 40 is haid, while the blood on the 16th and 17th days is istihadah.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Darah kedua tersebut tidak boleh dikira darah nifas sebaliknya adalah darah haid kerana terdapat selang selama 15 hari suci.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #608 : DARAH NIFAS BERHENTI SELAMA 15 HARI”, 18 April 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/876-al-kafi-608-darah-nifas-berhenti-selama-15-hari. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/nifas-blood-stopped-for-15-days/