What is the ruling for a woman in post-natal bleeding whose bleeding continues beyond forty days?

Question : If a woman in post-natal bleeding has blood that continues with her beyond forty days, and it has not changed, then if the excess beyond forty days coincides with her previous menstrual custom, she waits. If it does not coincide with her previous menstrual custom, or

Answer : the scholars have differed on this. Some said she should perform the full ritual bath, pray, and fast, even if the blood is flowing, because she is then like a woman with irregular non-menstrual bleeding. Others said she should remain in the state of post-natal bleeding until she completes sixty days, because it has been found that some women remain in post-natal bleeding for sixty days, and this is a reality that occurs and is asked about. It is said that some women had a custom of sixty days for post-natal bleeding. Based on this, she waits until she completes sixty days, and then she returns to the usual menstruation.