The phrase “three days and their nights” requires the prescribed duration to be complete. Reaching a third date on a calendar does not itself establish the entire required span.
For example, bleeding that starts in the morning and stops on the evening two days later does not complete three days and nights.
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Menstruation: Duration, Worship, Cessation and Intervening Purity
The phrase “three days and their nights” requires the prescribed duration to be complete. Reaching a third date on a calendar does not itself establish the entire required span.
For example, bleeding that starts in the morning and stops on the evening two days later does not complete three days and nights.