ILM AL-HÂL

102 - The colour of the fluid of discharge must turn to pure white so that the menstruation cycle can be regarded as having stopped. Although the normal colour of the menstrual discharge is red, it may be earth-coloured, discoloured, green, yellow or black. - The menstrual cycles are not regular in some adult females. For instance, a female may menstruate for six days one month and five the next. In this case, she should perform Ghusl on the fifth day when the menstrual bleeding ceases, and then she can perform Salâh or fast; however as a precaution a woman must not lie with her husband until her usual period of cycle has terminated. - The menstrual cycles of some adult females is regular. For instance, they may mensturate for six, seven or nine days a month. Thus, the menstrual cycle is fixed to be regular. Likewise, if the cycle of menstruation for a girl, initially, is seven days and then her menstrual flow stops, her menstrual cycle is fixed to be seven days and is considered regular. - On the other hand, the regular menstrual cycles of some females may change periodically. In order to say that the cycle of a person has changed, she should have gone through two successive cycles, different from the fixed number of the usual cycle. For instance, if a female whose regular menstrual cycle is six days, undergoes two successive menstruations for eight days, then her cycle is considered to be eight days.