An Incomplete Tuhr

1. An incomplete tuhr, that is a clean period of less than 15 days, is in effect continuous bleeding.
2. In other words, the bleeding before and after this tuhr will be combined.
3. This incomplete tuhr does not, therefore, separate the preceding and subsequent bleeding.
4. The day she bled, the in-between clean period of less than 15 days and the bleeding thereafter, all will therefore be considered to be haidh, if the total number of days do not exceed 10.
5. If the total number of days exceed 10, then her established number of days (her aadat) will be her haidh and the balance will be istihaadhah.
6. Example: A prepubescent sees a day’s blood followed by 14 days of purity and then a day’s blood. Her haidh is 10 days from the start of the bleeding, whilst the bleeding on the 16^th day is istihaadhah.
7. The above case can be represented as follows:

1B—14C—1B

(B=Bleeding, C=Clean)

8. If a woman, with a regular cycle, experiences bleeding a day before her haidh actually starts, and then she has 14 clean days followed by another day of bleeding, her aadat will be the determinant.
9. If her aadat is 10 days then her haidh will be from the 1^st day of the 14-day clean period, as this first day of the tuhr is actually when her haidh starts.
10. And if her aadat is less than 10 days, 5 for example, then her haidh will be the first 5 days of the clean period.
11. Strange as it seems, but her haidh starts with apparent no bleeding and ends with no apparent bleeding preceding it.
12. This is because her tuhr fell short of being complete. Hence all the days, from the time she started bleeding, together with the clean period and the tail-end bleeding, all will be considered a period of continuous bleeding.

(Manhalul Waarideen)