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CHAPTER ON MENSTRUATION
49—The basic rule concerning bleeding experienced by a woman is that it is menstrual bleeding, with no fixed limit concerning the woman’s age or the duration of the bleeding, and no requirement that it recur. 1
(1) The Shaykh demonstrated the soundness of the view he had adopted and presented extensive evidence for it in *al-Mukhtārāt al-Jaliyya*, pp. 34–35. He then said: “The issue of postnatal bleeding follows from that of menstruation. The correct view is that neither its minimum nor its maximum duration has a fixed limit, and the same applies to it as to menstruation.” The Shaykh also said in *al-Qawā'id wa al-Furūq*, p. 125: “Whenever the usual bleeding occurs, the relevant rulings of the Sharia apply; and whenever she becomes free of bleeding, she performs ritual purification =
بَابُ الحَيضِ
٤٩- وَالْأَصْلُ فِي اَلدَّمِ اَلَّذِي يُصِيبُ اَلْمَرْأَةَ: أَنَّهُ حَيْضٌ، بِلَا حدٍ لسنِّه، وَلَا قدره، ولا تكرره ١.
١ بَيَّن الشيخ صحة ما اختاره، وأطال النفس في الاستدلال في "المختارات الجلية، ص: ٣٤، ٣٥"، ثم قال: ويترتب على مسألة الحيض مسألة النفاس: أن الصحيح أن لا حد لأقله ولا لأكثره، ويقال فيه ما قيل في الحيض. وقال الشيخ "في القواعد والفروق، ص: ١٢٥": "فحيث وجد الدم المعتاد تعلقت به الأحكام الشرعية، وحيث طهرت تطهرت =