Mubtade’a (The Beginner)

502. Mubtade’a 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 and consider her corresponding duration as Hayz and the rest as Istihadha.

503. If a Mubtade’a sees blood for more than ten days, some bearing the signs of Hayz and other that of Istihadha, and if the blood with the signs of Hayz is seen for not less than three and not more than ten days, then all that blood is Hayz. But if she sees blood again before the expiry of ten days and even that blood resembles Hayz, for example, if dark blood is seen for five days and yellowish blood is seen for nine days, and dark blood is seen again for five days, it is necessary for her that during both time of discharge of blood bearing the signs of Hayz, she should act according to precautionary measures and refrain from the acts which are forbidden for Haa'ez and should perform the obligations of a Mustahadha.

504. If a Mubtade’a sees blood for more than 10 days, some of which bearing signs of Hayz and other having signs of Istihadha, and if the blood with the signs of Hayz is seen for less than 3 days or for more than 10 days, then she should refer to the prevailing habit among her relatives, and if the relatives don’t have any prevailing habit or it vary from each other, then in first month she should treat 7 days as her period cycle and then till tenth day, as per precautionary measures, she should refrain from the acts which are forbidden for Haa'ez and should perform the obligations of a Mustahadha, and after first month, she should consider three days from the

commencement of blood discharge as Hayz, and then till the sixth or seventh day she should act according to the mentioned precautionary measure.