* Should the bleeding continue for more than ten days in the...

* Should the bleeding continue for more than ten days in the case of a woman who either experiences bleeding for the first time or that whose period is irregular, how should they differentiate the period blood from other kinds of bleeding? - All depends on the characteristics of the blood and the duration. If some of it bears the qualities of period blood and it continued for a period of three to ten days, should be treated as haydh.

The remaining type of blood should be considered istihadha, which shall be the subject of a forthcoming session. * If the woman was in doubt as to whether her period has ended, what should she do? - She must check. * In what way? - She should insert a piece of cotton into her vagina and leave it for a short while and retrieve it. If no traces of blood could be seen, she must assume she is tahir, do ghusl and resume acts of worship.

Should the piece of cotton, however, found to be soiled with blood, she must maintain that she is still in haydh. * When the woman knows she has haydh, what are the things that are permissible for her to do and those that are not? - The rules regarding woman’s periods are: 1. No prayers should be perfomred, be they obligatory or voluntary. 2. She is not required to perform any prayer instead of the ones she missed while she had the period. 3. It is not permissible for her to fast. 4.

She must fast instead of the days she missed while she had the period during Ramadhan. 5. Tawaf during hajj, be it obligatory or voluntary is not in order. 6. She cannot be declared divorced while still having her period, except in certain situations. 7. It is haraam to have sexual intercourse with a woman who is having a period. It is permissible, however, after the bleeding had stopped. However, it is permissible before performing ghusl [and after washing the vagina]. 8.

It is haraam for her to embark on any act of worship, in the same way as certain acts are not permissible for a person who is in a state of janabah. This, as you may recall, was discussed in detail in the (Dialogue on Janabah). 9. When her period is over, she should perform ghusl in order to be able to perform prayer. This, I will explain to you in the (Dialogue on Ghusl). Previous…