The answer is that some scholars, such as Ibn Hazm, may Allah have mercy on him, held this view (1). However, we say that what is meant by purification is purification from ritual impurity, and this can only be attained through ghusl. The evidence for this is the saying of Allah, Exalted is He: “If you are in a state of major ritual impurity, then purify yourselves.” [5:6] And Allah, Exalted is He, says: “But He intends to purify you.”

“The woman experiencing menstruation for the first time refrains for its minimum duration, then performs ghusl and prays. If it stops at its maximum duration or before, she performs ghusl when it stops, ...”

His statement, “The woman experiencing menstruation for the first time refrains for its minimum duration, then performs ghusl and prays”: the author, may Allah have mercy on him, began by explaining the types of bleeding that count as menstruation and those that do not.

A woman experiencing menstruation for the first time is one who sees menstrual blood for the first time, whether she is young or an older woman who had not menstruated before and then begins menstruating.

His words, “refrains,” mean that she leaves off prayer, fasting, and everything that is not done during menstruation.

His words, “for its minimum duration,” mean the minimum duration of menstruation, which is one day and one night.

His words, “then performs ghusl and prays,” mean that after twenty-four hours have passed, she performs ghusl and prays, even if the bleeding has not stopped.

They reasoned that the minimum duration of menstruation is certain, whereas anything beyond it is uncertain; therefore, she must refrain for the minimum duration of menstruation.

His words, “and prays,” mean the obligatory prayers. The apparent meaning of his words includes even voluntary prayers. But is this apparent meaning intended?

What appears to me is that, if it is intended, it is weak, because her prayer