484. There are Six types:
A. Woman having the habit of time and duration: A woman who sees blood in each of the two consecutive months at a particular time and for a fixed number of days. For example, in each month blood may be seen from the 1st up to the 7th of the month.
B. Woman having the habit of time: A woman who sees blood in each of the two consecutive months at a particular time but the number of days varies. For example, in two consecutive months her blood starts coming on the 1st of the month but she becomes Pak on the 7th day in the first month and on the 8th day in the second month.
C. Woman having the habit of duration: A woman who sees blood in each of the two consecutive months for a particular number of days but the time of commencement is not the same. For example, in the first month, the blood is seen from the 5th to the 10th of the month and in the second month, from the 12th to the 17th of that month.
D. Muztariba: A woman who has seen blood for a few months, but who has not formed a habit or whose former habit has been disturbed and has not formed a new one.
E. Mubtadiya: A woman who sees blood for the first time.
F. Nasiya: A woman who has forgotten her habit.
1. Those who have the habit of time and duration.
485. Women who have this habit are three types:
First, a woman who sees blood in two consecutive months at a particular time for a particular duration. For example, she sees blood on the 1st of each month and becomes Pak on the 7th of the month. Her habit of Hayz will be from first to
seventh of every month.
Second, a woman whose blood does not become Pak, but for two consecutive months at certain several days, for example, from 1st to the 8th of each month, the blood that she sees has the signs of Hayz, or in other words, it is thick and warm and black and it is discharged with pressure and irritation, and other bloods which she sees, have the signs of Istihaza and her first habit is from 1st to 8th of each month.
Third, a woman who sees blood in each of the two consecutive months at a particular time and after 3 or more days she may be Pak for one or more days and the blood is seen again; but the total number of days during which the blood is seen as well as those during which she remains Pak does not exceed 10 days; and in each month the total number of days during which blood is seen, and the intervening days during which she is Pak must be same. In such a case the habit of the woman will be counted according to the days during which blood is seen, not including the intervening days during which she remained Pak. It is not, however, necessary that the intervening days during which she remains Pak should be identical in each month.
For example, if in the 1st month blood is seen for 3 days from the 1st to the 3rd of the month and then she remains Pak for 3 days whereas in the 2nd month the blood comes for 3 days and then it stops coming for 3 days and is seen again for 3 days and the total number of days during which the blood is seen is not more than nine day; then this woman will be classified as having a fixed habit of nine days.
486. If a woman who has a fixed habit of time, irrespective of whether she has a fixed habit of duration or not, sees blood on time or a day or two earlier that blood will be Hayz, even if it does not bear the signs of Hayz. Therefore, she will act according to the rules applied to a Haaez. And if it transpires that it was not Hayz, for example, if she becomes Pak before three days, then she should give Qadha for the acts of Ibadaat, which she has left out.
487. If a woman having the habit of time and duration sees blood during all days of her fixed habit plus a few days before and after, and if the total number of days does not exceed 10, all of it is Hayz. And if it exceeds 10 days, then only the blood seen during the days of habit is Hayz and the rest will be Istihaza, and she should give Qadha of the acts of worship which she did not perform during the days before and after her habit. And if she sees blood on all the days of her habit as well as a few days earlier, and if the total number of the days does not exceed 10, all of it is Hayz. And if it exceeds ten days, then blood seen during the days of habit will be Hayz, even if it did not have the signs of Hayz; and the blood seen earlier will be classified as Istihaza, even if it had the signs of Hayz. She will offer Qadha for the prayers left out during those earlier days. And if she sees blood during her days of fixed habit plus a few days after her habit, and if the total does not exceed ten days, all of it is Hayz. But if it exceeds ten days, then the blood seen during habitual days will be Hayz, and the rest is Istihaza.
488. If a woman, who has the fixed habit of time and duration, sees blood on some days of her habit and also a few days earlier and if the total number of days does not exceed 10 she will add the number of days within her habitual time to the earlier days and complete her fixed duration. Those will be the days of Hayz, and the rest will be Istihaza.
And if she sees blood during some of her habitual days plus some days later, and if the total number of days does not exceed ten, then all of it will be Hayz.
2.Those who have only the habit of time
487. Women who have only the habit of time are three types:
First, a woman who sees blood in each of the two consecutive months on a given day, and then becomes Pak after a few days. The duration of blood varies in each month. For example, if the blood is seen on the 1st of each month but stops on the 7th in the first month and on the 8th in the second month, her habit of time will be the first of every month.
Second, a woman who is not free of blood but for 2 months consecutively at a certain time, her blood shows signs of Hayz; in other words, thick and warm blood that is discharged with pressure and irritation, and the rest of her bloods have signs of Istihaza, and the number of days which it has signs of Hayz is not equal in those two months. For example, in the 1st month, it is from 1st to 7th and in the second month, it is from 1st to 8th, her blood shows signs of Hayz and other times it shows the signs of Istihaza. This kind of women should consider the first of the month as their Hayz habit.
Third, a woman who sees blood in two consecutive months on a given day, for, say 3 or more days and then it stops and thereafter is seen again, but the total number of days does not exceed ten days.
However, the number of days during the 2nd month is either more or less than the days in the 1st month. For example, if the blood is seen on the 1st day of each of the two consecutive months but the total duration of days in 8 in the 1st month and 9 in the 2nd month, she should treat the 1st of the month to be her habit of time.
488. If a woman who has the habit of time sees blood on her habitual time or two or three days earlier or after her habit, so that it is said that her Hayz has become early or late, even if her blood has not the signs of Hayz, she must act according to the rules of Haaez women, but if later she finds out that it was not Hayz, for example, she becomes Pak before 3 days, she must perform Qadha for the worships which she has not offered.
3.Those who have only the habit of duration.
492. Woman having this kind of habit are three types:
First, a woman whose duration of Hayz in two consecutive months is same but the commencing times differ. In such circumstances her habit of duration will be the number of days during which blood is seen. Fore example, if blood is seen from the 1st to the 5th of the 1st month and from the 11th to the 15th of the 2nd month her duration habit will be 5 days.
Second, a woman who does not become Pak from blood, but for two consecutive months, some days she sees signs of Hayz and other days she sees signs of Istihaza, and the number of days that shows signs of Hayz is equal in each month, but its time is not the same, in this case, all days that has the signs of Hayz, will be considered as her habit. For example, if one month she sees signs of Hayz from 1st to 5th and the next month she sees it from 11th to 15th and afterwards she sees the signs of Istihaza, her habit days are 5 days.
Third, a woman who sees blood in two consecutive months for 3 or more days, and then it stops for a day or two before it starts again, though the time of commencement of blood varies in the 2nd month from that of the 1st, her duration habit will be the number of days during which blood s seen, provided that the total number of the bleeding and Pak days does not exceed ten and that the duration period in both the months remains equal, provided that it s not totally more than 8 days, her habit will be 8 days.
4. Mudhtaribah
494. Mudhtaribah is a woman who has seen blood for some months, but did not form a fixed habit. If such a woman sees blood for more than 10 days, and if the nature of blood remains same, if the habit of her relatives is 7 days, she must choose 7 days for Hayz and the rest for Istihaza, and if it is less than that, for example, it is 5 days, then the same period must be her Hayz. As an obligatory precaution, in case of difference between their habits and 7 days limit, which is two days, she should not do what is Haraam for Haaez and act as per Istihaza; in other words, she must perform her worships according to the rules of Mustahaza woman, and if the habit of her relatives is more than 7 days, i.e. it is 9 days, she must consider 7 days as Hayz and as an obligatory precaution, in the period of difference between 7 days and their habit which is two days, she must act as Istihaza and refrain from doing what is Haraam for Haaez.
5. Mubtadea
496. Mubtadea is a woman who sees blood for the first time. If she sees it for more than ten days and all the blood has common signs then she should refer to the prevailing habit among her relatives an consider her corresponding duration as Hayz and the rest as Istihaza.( as explained in rule no. 500)
6. Nasiya
499. Nasiya is a woman who has forgotten her habits. If she sees blood for more than ten days, she must choose the days which bear the signs of Hayz ,as Hayz period and the rest as Istihaza. And if she cannot identify Hayz form the signs, she must choose the first 7 days as Hayz period and the rest as Istihaza.