Nifas

Nifas 1

100

What is Nifas?

Nifas literally means "childbed, childbirth, parturi­tion." In the Islamic legal terminology, it means "the blood which is discharged from a woman's womb dur­ing or after the childbirth."

200

What are the 3 types of blood seen by a woman?

Haydh
Istihadha
Nifas

300

Scenario: This woman sees blood for a fixed duration during haidh. She delivered a baby and has been seeing blood for 13 days, is this blood all nifas? Let us suppose her duration of haidh is 8 days

 First 8 days will be nifas and the remaining 5 days will be istihadha.

400

What are the 3 types of Istihadha?

Qalila

Mutawassita

Kathira

500

What are the 4 ayaat in the Holy Qur'an where sajdah is obligatory?
*Please mention the Surah name and number, and the verse number

a. Sūrat al-Sajdah (Chapter 32), verse 15;

b. Sūrat Fuṣṣilat (Chapter 41), verse 37;

c. Sūrat al-Najm (Chapter 53), verse 62;

d. Sūrat al-ʿAlaq (Chapter 96), verse 19.

*Ref: Ruling 354

Nifas 2

100

What is the term used for a woman who is in the state of nifas?

Nafsa

200

What is the minimum duration of Nifas?

There is no minimum duration

300

Scenario: This woman has no fixed duration and no fixed time when she sees blood during haidh. She delivered a baby and has been seeing blood for 13 days, is this blood all nifas?

Since this woman has no habit of duration, then she should consider the first 10 days as nifas and the remaining 3 days as istihadha.

400

Is the following statement true/false?
A man cannot divorce his wife when she is in the state of Nifas. However, if he still chooses to divorce her, the divorce will be considered valid

False
A man cannot divorce his wife when she is in the state of Nifas.
A divorce given to a woman who is in the state of nifās is invalid

500

How many categories of women are there when it comes to Haydh? Mention them

Waqtiyyah wal adadiyyah
Waqtiyyah
Adadiyyah
Mubtadiah
Mudhtaribah
Nasiyah

Nifas 3

100

After completion of Nifas, what is a woman supposed to do?

Ghusl and resume all acts that are wajib on oneself

200

What is the maximum duration of nifas?

Maximum duration - 10 days

300

Is the following statement true/false?

It is necessary for the baby to be fully developed; then the bleeding of the woman for ten days is considered to be nifās.

False

It is not necessary for the baby to be fully developed; even if it is born under-developed, as long as its development has passed the stage of an ʿalaqah, which is a clot of blood, and a muḍghah, which is a lump of flesh [embryo], and it is miscarried, then the bleeding of the woman for ten days is considered to be nifās.
*Ruling 499

400

Is the following statement true/false?
"Blood discharged before the first part of a baby’s body comes out is considered as nifās"

False
Blood discharged before the first part of a baby’s body comes out is NOT considered as nifās

*Ruling 498

500

What is haram for a woman during Haydh/Nifas?

entering a masjid (however, merely passing through a mosque is permitted)

staying in a masjid, passing through the ‘Two Mosques’ (i.e. Masjid al-Ḥarām and the Mosque of the Prophet (Ṣ))

Reciting the verses that have obligatory sajdah

Touching the writing of the Qur’an and the name of Allah the Exalted.