What is the ruling if a woman sees her menstrual period in the form of thin, small brown threads, lasting two or three days, and then blood flows?

The questioner : What is the ruling if a woman sees her menstrual period in the form of very thin and small brown threads, lasting two or three days, and then blood flows? The question is: does the woman leave off the prayer upon seeing that sign? And is it obligatory for her to cut her hair after the ritual bath?

The Shaykh : Menstruation is the blood that flows, the pure blood that flows. As for the dark discharge and the yellow discharge, these are nothing, as Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: , reported by al-Bukhari. And in a narration by Abu Dawud: . Then let it be known that the yellow or dark discharge—which this woman mentioned—if it occurs during the days of menstruation, it is attached to it.