Qurayshi identifies a person whose paternal lineage traces to the Quraysh tribe of Hāshim. The category matters in ritual law for one specific question: whether the menopause threshold for hayd is 50 or 60 lunar years.
How the marjas treat it
- A. Sistani (Ruling 433) treats Qurayshi as synonymous with Sayyida and applies 60 lunar years to both Qurayshi and non-Qurayshi women alike (i.e. the threshold does not depend on lineage for him).
- A. Khamenei does not issue a binding ruling on the menopause threshold for hayd; he refers muqallids to another mujtahid (rujūʿ) on this question, so Qurayshi descent is not used as a discriminator in his rulings here.
- A. Makarem Shirazi (ISSUE 194) applies 50 lunar years to non-Qurayshi women and 60 lunar years to Qurayshi women. Sayyida descent does not automatically confer Qurayshi status under A. Makarem’s reading; the user makes the Quraysh determination herself.
Why this is recorded in your profile
Tuhr captures Sayyida / Qurayshi status once at onboarding so the engine can apply the right menopause threshold for the rest of the user’s lifecycle, per their chosen marja.
See also
Primary sources
- A. Sistani · 433 Menopause threshold. Sixty lunar years
The bleeding that women above the age of sixty expe rience is not ruled to be ḥayḍ; however, a woman can experience ḥayḍ between the age of fifty and sixty, although the recommended precaution is that women who are not Qurayshi (sayyidah)46 and who experience bleeding which would previously have been ruled to be ḥayḍ [i.e. had they experienced it before the age of fifty, it would have been ruled to be ḥayḍ], should refrain from doing the things that are unlawful for a ḥāʾiḍ to do and perform the duties of a mustaḥāḍah.
- A. Makarem Shirazi · ISSUE 194 Menopause: 50 lunar years for non-Qurayshi, 60 for Qurayshi
Sayyidah women and non-Sayyidah women become menopausal [Yaa`isah] after their completion of fifty years, without any difference (between the two). Meaning, that when she sees blood after completing fifty years, she does not consider it the blood of Haidh, except when she is counted from among the tribe of the Quraish. They become menopausal after completing sixty years.