مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ١١٥ - WOMAN HAVING THE HABIT OF NUMBER

observed obligatory fasts on the days on which she remained pure of blood it is necessary for her to observe their qaza.
٥٢٢. If a woman is purified of nifas blood and it is probable that she has blood in the interior part of her body, she should place some cotton in her private partsand then wait for some time. In case it transpires after this that she is pure of blood she should take bath for her acts of worship.
٥٢٣. If nifas blood is discharged from the body of a woman for more than ١٠ days and she has a habit in the matter of menses she should consider the days equal toher habit to be nifas, and the rest would be istihaza . In case, however, she does not have a habit she should treat the period equal to the habit of her kins- women to benifas and then observe precaution up to ١٠ days. And the recommended precaution is that the woman concerned should perform acts pertaining to istihaza and abstain from actswhich are unlawful for a nafsa up to the ١٨th day of the birth of the child. This responsibility of hers commences from the day following the period of her habit, in case shehas formed a habit, and after the ١Oth day if she has not formed a habit.
٥٢٤. If the habit of menses of a woman is less than ١٠ days and her blood comes on more days than the days of her habit, she should treat the days equal to the daysof her habit to be nifas. After that it is obligatory for her to abandon the acts of worship for one day and thereafter it is permissible for her to act on the order to befollowed by a mustahaza or to abandon the acts of worship for ١٠ days. And if the blood continues to come even after ١٠ days, she should also treat the days after her habitup to the ١Oth day to be istihaza, and should perform qaza of the acts of worship which she did not perform during those days. For example if the habit of a woman has been ٦days and her blood comes for more than ٦ days she should treat ٦ days and her blood comes for more than ٦ days she should treat ٦ days to be nifas and also abandon the acts of