Continuation: What is the evidence for limiting istihadah to fifteen days?
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The Shaykh : ...that it is half the time, because the majority of the difference between men and women is based on the half.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And this is good, may Allah reward you, except if her custom continues, or if, as I told you, her menstruation occurs in one month and she remains in a state of purity for three months, for example.
As for Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), he holds that the woman with irregular bleeding is the one for whom blood is the majority of her time; he does not restrict it to exceeding fifteen days.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : That is the apparent view. The apparent view is that if it is one or two days, the blood does not cease from her except for a little while. This is the statement of our Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him), 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di, in his book Manhaj al-Salikin. He says she is the one for whom the blood continues, or does not cease from her except for a little while.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This indicates what Ibn Rajab and others mentioned.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And this is good, may Allah reward you, except if her custom continues, or if, as I told you, her menstruation occurs in one month and she remains in a state of purity for three months, for example.
As for Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), he holds that the woman with irregular bleeding is the one for whom blood is the majority of her time; he does not restrict it to exceeding fifteen days.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : That is the apparent view. The apparent view is that if it is one or two days, the blood does not cease from her except for a little while. This is the statement of our Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him), 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di, in his book Manhaj al-Salikin. He says she is the one for whom the blood continues, or does not cease from her except for a little while.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This indicates what Ibn Rajab and others mentioned.