NIFAS

508. From the time when the child birth takes place, the blood seen by the mother is Nifas, provided that it stops before or on completion of the 10th day. While in the condition of Nifas, a woman is called Nafsa.

509. The blood which a mother sees before the appearance of the first limb of the child is not Nifas.

510. It is not necessary that the baby is grown. Even if a closed blood cell is born, and the mother or 4 mid wives testify that if it remained in womb it could have been a human being, then the blood seen by the mother for 10 days will be Nifas.

511. It is possible that Nifas blood may be discharged for an instant only, but it never exceeds 10 days.

512. 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 Nifas from Shariah point of view.

513. Halting in a mosque, going to Masjid-al-Haraam, and Masjid-al-Nabi (SAW) and touching writings of Qur’an and other things which are Haran for Haaez, are also Haraam for Nafsa and whatever is obligatory or recommendatory or unrecommended for Haaez, is the same for Nafsa

514. Divorcing a woman who is in the state of Nifas is void, and having intercourse with her is Haraam. However, if her husband has sexual intercourse with her, as a recommendatory precaution, she must pay Kaffara, according to the rules mentioned for Hayz.

515. When a woman becomes Pak from Nifas, she should do Ghusl and perform acts of worship. And if she sees blood again, once or often, and the total number of days on which blood is seen and the intervening days during which she remains Pak is 10 or less than 10, then all of it will be Nifas. If she has kept fast, she must give their Qadha.

516. If a woman becomes Pak from Nifas, but feels that there might be blood in the interior part, she should insert some cotton, and wait till she finds out. If she finds herself Pak, then she should do Ghusl for the acts of worship.

517. If Nifas blood is seen by a mother for more than 10 days and she has a fixed habit of Hayz, then her Nifas will be equal to the duration of Hayz and the rest would be Istihaza. And, if she does not have a fixed habit of Hayz, she would take 10 days as those of Hayz, and treat the rest as Istihaza.
For a woman who has a fixed habit of Hayz, it is a recommended precaution to act as a Mustahaza from the day after her habit is over. And for a woman with no fixed habit of Hayz, this recommended precaution applies from the 10th to 18th day since the childbirth, and she must not do what is Haraam for Nafsa.

518. If the habit of Hayz of a woman is less than 10 days and blood is seen for more days than the days of her Hayz, she should treat the days equal to the days of her Hayz as Nifas. And as an obligatory precaution, she must not perform worships until the 10th of day of childbirth; and after 10 days, she is considered to be in Nifas the same period as her habit and the rest will be Istihaza and if she has not performed the worships, she must give their Qadha.

519. If a woman with a fixed habit of Hayz sees blood continuously for a month or more after giving birth to a child, the blood seen for the days equal to her Hayz habit will be Nifas, and the blood seen after that for 10 days will be Istihaza.
For example, there is woman whose fixed Hayz habit is from 10th to 27th of every month. She gives birth on the 10th of a given month, and she continues to see blood for a month or more; her Nifas will be seven days, equal to her Hayz days, and will be from 10th to 17th of that month; now, the blood which she continues to see from the 17th onwards for 10 days will be Istihaza, even though it falls in her days of Hayz habit. After the lapse of 10 days, if bleeding continues, then it is Hayz if it falls the days of habit, irrespective of whether it has the signs of Hayz or not. And if bleeding does not occur in the days of Hayz habit, she will wait till the days of habit, irrespective of whether it has the signs of Hayz or not. And if bleeding does not occur in the days of Hayz habit, she will wait till the days of her habit, even if it means waiting for a month or more and even if blood has the signs of Hayz. And if she has no fixed habit of commencement time of Hayz, she should make an effort to recognize her Hayz by its signs; and if that is not possible, because the blood seen after Nifas remains of one type for a month or more, then she will adopt the habit prevailing among her relatives to determine the days of Hayz. And, if that also is not possible, then she has an option of fixing her days of Hayz. These details have been dealt with in the discussions about Hayz.

520. If a woman does not have a fixed habit of duration, and if after giving birth she sees blood continuously for a month or more, the first 10 days will be Nifas; and the next 10 days is Istihaza. And as regards the blood seen thereafter, it can be either Hayz or Istihaza, and in order to ascertain whether it is Hayz, the signs should be followed.