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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Jurisprudence Made Easy Dialogue on Haydh My father took his seat. I could notice a broad smile on his face that led me to assume that he was bent on something unusual. - I’ll talk to you today on haydh. Before today, I did not know what haydh is, although I remember I hearing the word before. What had interested me in the subject was that I hear women whisper about it, with noticeable embarrassment, as if there was something shameful in the word.

However, I do not hide a secret if I say that as soon as I was faced with a real situation of the subject being discussed in the open, a kind of shaming started to creep into me. I do not know why I was gripped with embarrassment. I resigned to the fact that if haydh was indeed so humbling a matter to talk about, how my father is going to discuss it with me? Yet, aren’t we discussing matters of Islamic law? Surely, this topic should be within the remit of Islamic jurisprudence.

So, why should we feel embarrassed to talk about it? Is it not mentioned in the Holy Qur’an? Didn’t the Prophet (s.a.w.) and the Imams (a.s.) talk about it to their companions. And after all, why should we feel a sense of shaming to talk about a subject whose rules we must know in order to follow? My self-examination was short-lived as my father resumed his talk. - Haydh is a bleeding from a woman’s genitals. It occurs at regular monthly intervals and whose colour is dark red.

When it leaves the body, women can feel its warmth. * Is there a certain age group of women who experience haydh? - Although it varies from person to person, it can start at the age of nine lunar calendar years till the age of sixty, which is the climacteric. * So, between 9 and 60 years? - Yes, any blood that can be seen before the age of nine and after the age of sixty does not fall under the definition of menstral blood. * How many days does the bleeding last?