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📌Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books From Marriage to Parenthood The Heavenly Path Chapter 10: Important Fiqh Rules 2 , For Mothers Nifās What is Nifās? From the time when the child birth takes place, the blood seen by the mother is Nifās, provided that it stops before or on completion of the tenth day. While in the condition of Nifās, a woman is called Nafsa.

The blood which a mother sees before the appearance of the first limb of the child is not Nifās.[^1] It is possible that Nifās blood may be discharged for an instant only, but it never exceeds 10 days.[^2] It is not necessary that the baby is fully grown. Even if a deficient baby is born, the blood seen by the mother for ten days will be Nifās.

The term ‘child birth’ must be applicable to it.[^3] If a woman doubts whether she has aborted something or not, or whether the thing aborted is a child or not, it is not necessary for her to investigate, and the blood which is discharged in this situation is not Nifās.[^4] Things which are obligatory and forbidden for someone in the state of Nifās On the basis of precaution, halting or pausing in a Masjid and other acts which are forbidden for a ĥāidh (a woman in the condition of ĥaydh) are also forbidden for a Nafsa and those acts which are obligatory for a ĥāidh are also obligatory for a Nafsa.[^5] How long does Nifās last?

It is possible that Nifās blood may be discharged for an instant only, but it never exceeds 10 days. Depending on the normal habit of the woman’s ĥaydh, the rules of the length of Nifās differ as follows[^6]: 1. For a woman who has a fixed habit of ĥaydh: a. Her Nifās will be equal to then normal duration of ĥaydh. b.

If her habit is less than ten days, after this time she has a choice to leave out her Ŝalāt until ten days, or act as a mustahadha (a woman in the condition of istihadha); however, it is better to leave out Ŝalāt for one day (in addition to the regular number of days she had a period for before pregnancy). c.

If, however, the blood continues to be seen even after ten days, then all they days after the normal duration of ĥaydh, until the 10th day, will be istihadha, and she should give Qadha of the acts of worship not performed during this time upto the 10th day (as she will have followed the rulings of istihadha after the 10th day anyway). d. When acting as a mustahadha, she must refrain from acts forbidden to a Nafsa as well until the 18th day.

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