If, however, the interval that remained before dawn was only enough for three rakʿahs—or less than a single rakʿah—she must make up Maghrib, for it had not elapsed within its own time. And if her bleeding begins one rakʿah before sunrise, the dawn prayer (Fajr) is waived.

Some scholars of Madinah say: “Should a span of time sufficient to perform the prayer pass after its appointed time has begun, and she then menstruates without having prayed, she is required to make it up.” This view is the more cautious one, and it is the opinion adopted here, because in our school the prayer becomes obligatory the moment its time enters, and the woman remains bound by that obligation until the end of the period. Had the obligation arisen only at the end of the time—as our opponents claim—the prayer of anyone who performed it at its very beginning would not suffice, for he would have prayed before it became due. The substance of Mālik’s position is as I have already explained.