The Jurisprudential Difference Regarding the Period of Menstruation, Purity, and Postpartum

Abstract

The scholars reached a consensus that a female typically doesn't experience menstruation until she reaches approximately nine years of age. This menstrual cycle continues monthly until she reaches menopause. There were disagreements among scholars about determining this age, as will be discussed. Just as women vary in the onset of puberty, they also vary in the duration of menstruation, purity, and postpartum bleeding. Some women menstruate briefly, others for a day and night, and some for three to fifteen days. Similarly, after childbirth, a woman may not see blood, with most staying for forty days and nights. If a woman's menstrual period extends to sixty days and nights, including clear blood, it may last for fifteen days or more. Scholars agree that this marks a distinction between the two types of blood during menstruation, with what comes before and after considered part of the menstrual cycle if it meets the shortest duration criteria. The period of purity amid menstruation might be less than fifteen days, and scholars differ on whether it should be classified as part of menstruation or purity. This is the subject of our study, divided into five sections: menstruation timing, duration, purity duration, clarity of blood during menstruation, and the postpartum period.