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حيض
Hayd
/ḥayḍ/
Menstruation, in Shia Jaʿfari fiqh. A defined ritual state, not just a biological event. Bleeding counts as hayd only if it lasts at least three continuous days and at most ten.
Source Islamic Laws (4th English edition, World Federation KSIMC 2023) · Ruling 438 (and 439) · page 129 →
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Q&A · Hayd and worship
Daily prayers missed during hayd are not made up.
"A woman must perform the Qadha of the fasts which she has missed during her menstrual period. However, Qadha of prayers is not obligatory on her."
Source sistani.org Q&A #15233 →
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استحاضة
Istihada
/istiḥāḍa/
Non-menstrual vaginal bleeding. A separate ritual category from hayd. The woman continues to pray and fast, but with extra purifications that vary by tier (qalīla, mutawassiṭa, kathīra).
Source Islamic Laws (4th English edition, World Federation KSIMC 2023) · Rulings 392, 393, 394 · page 120 →
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Q&A · Quran during hayd
You can recite the Quran during hayd, with one exception.
"There is no problem in the recitation or memorisation of the holy Quran in such situations, except for the verses for which prostration (Sajdah) is obligatory."
Source sistani.org Q&A #26337 →
Which verses are excluded →
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طهر
Tuhr
/ṭuhr/
Ritual purity. The state of being free from hayd, nifas, and major ritual impurity. The state in which all worship obligations apply normally. The whole point of the engine is to answer: are you in tuhr today?
Read the full term →Q&A · Hayd vs istihada
Brown spotting on day 8 of your cycle is still hayd.
"If you observe blood for the first three consecutive days and there is no stop in the middle, all what you have observed is treated as Haydh. Whatever blood you observe until ten days comes into the category of Haydh and is treated as Haydh. After ten days, the blood seen is considered as Istihadha."
Source sistani.org Q&A #15546 →
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قضاء
Qada
/qaḍāʾ/
Make-up worship. Missed Ramadan fasts due to hayd or other valid excuse must be made up later, before next Ramadan. If you miss the deadline, fidya is owed in addition.
Read the full term →Q&A · Mosques and shrines
You can visit a shrine in hayd. The courtyard, freely. The inner room, with care.
"Sitting in the courtyards and outer parts of the building of the shrine of the infallible Imams which are not designated as a mosque (Masjid) is permissible. However in the building in which the shrine of the infallible Imam (as) is located, based on obligatory precaution, she is not allowed to sit there but she is allowed to enter from a door and exit from another."
Source sistani.org Q&A #26335 →
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غسل
Ghusl
/ghusl/
A ritual bath that re-establishes major ritual purity. Required after hayd, nifas, janabat, and at the end of the daily istihada cycle. Two methods: tartibi (sequential) or irtimasi (immersion).
Read the full term →Q&A · Pregnancy and fasting
Pregnant and fasting harms the baby? Qada later, plus fidya.
"Fasting is not obligatory on a woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy, for whom fasting is harmful or for the child she carries. For every day, however, she should give one mudd (750 grams) of food to poor. In both the cases, she has to give qadha for the fasts which are left out."
Source sistani.org Q&A #25357 →
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مرجع التقليد
Marjaʿ al-Taqlīd
/marjaʿ al-taqlīd/
A senior Shia jurist whose religious rulings a layperson follows. Tuhr supports three on day one: A. Sistani, A. Khamenei, A. Makarem Shirazi. Many fiqh rulings differ between marjas; the app applies your chosen one.
Read the full term →Glossary
فدية
Fidya
/fidya/
A material payment owed when Ramadan qada fasts cannot be made up before the next Ramadan, or when the exemption itself triggers it (pregnancy, breastfeeding). One mudd (~750 g) of staple food per missed day.
Read the full term →Q&A · Doubts in worship
If you doubt your wudu or ghusl constantly, ignore the doubt.
"He should not pay heed to his doubts and keep on considering it as valid (Saheeh)."
Source sistani.org Q&A #15438 →
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استبراء
Istibra
/istibrāʾ/
The internal cotton-test procedure a Shia woman performs to verify that hayd has truly ended before declaring tuhr and performing ghusl. Skipping it can retroactively invalidate prayers if bleeding resumes within the 10-day window.
Read the full term →Glossary
سيّدة
Sayyida
/sayyida/
A woman who descends paternally from the Prophet through Fatima al-Zahra. Matters in one ritual context: the menopause threshold for hayd. A. Sistani treats Sayyida and Qurayshi as synonymous; A. Khamenei reads Qurayshi more broadly; A. Makarem treats neither as raising the threshold.
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