5 Days Bleeding, 15 Days Clean and 11 Days Bleeding in Haidh

1. A woman has a set number of 5 days haidh.
2. And her routine number of clean days (tuhr) is 55.
3. She saw 5 days of blood as usual.
4. But she remained only 15 days clean, instead of her typical 55 days.
5. Then she bled for 11 days.
6. The clean period in between the two cycles of bleeding was complete (taam – 15 days).
7. Therefore, this clean period separates the two spells of bleeding.
8. The second case of bleeding went beyond the limit of haidh.
9. Therefore, she will revert to her aadat of 5 days.
10. He aadat of haidh has changed insofar as time is concerned. It came 40 days earlier.
11. But her number of days remains unchanged, that is 5 days.
12. The following diagram represents the above case:

5B—15C—11B

(B=Bleeding, C=Clean)

13. To summarize, the first 5 days of the 11 days of bleeding is haidh, and the rest istihaadhah.
14. Furthermore, her habitual number of days of tuhr has decreased from 55 days to 15 days.

(Manhalul Waarideen)