A woman has a known postnatal habit of twenty-five days, but this time bleeding lasts forty-five. Since it exceeds forty, Hanafi law returns to the established habit.
Twenty-five days count as nifas and the remaining twenty as istihadah; treating only days beyond day forty as istihadah would ignore the habit rule.
Opening interactive controls...
Istihadah, Excused Persons and Nifas
A woman has a known postnatal habit of twenty-five days, but this time bleeding lasts forty-five. Since it exceeds forty, Hanafi law returns to the established habit.
Twenty-five days count as nifas and the remaining twenty as istihadah; treating only days beyond day forty as istihadah would ignore the habit rule.