Question 1553: What is the minimum number of days of purity and cleanliness for a woman?
Answer
✅ Answer: Please refer to the following narrations:
1 عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ یُونُسَ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: أَدْنَی الطُّهْرِ عَشَرَةُ أَیَّامٍ وَ ذَکَرَ الْحَدِیثَ إِلَی أَنْ قَالَ وَ لَا یَکُونُ الطُّهْرُ أَقَلَّ مِنْ عَشَرَةِ أَیَّامٍ.
📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 3, p. 76
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The minimum purity is ten days... to the point that he said: A woman's purity and cleanliness is not less than ten days!
2 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: لَا یَکُونُ الْقُرْءُ فِی أَقَلَّ مِنْ عَشَرَةِ أَیَّامٍ فَمَا زَادَ أَقَلُّ مَا یَکُونُ عَشَرَةٌ مِنْ حِینِ تَطْهُرُ إِلَی أَنْ تَرَی الدَّمَ
📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 3, p. 76
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The purity and cleanliness between two menstrual cycles is not less than ten days or more. The minimum purity, from the time a woman becomes clean until she menstruates again, is ten days!
✅ Based on the above narrations and others, the minimum period of a woman's purity and cleanliness and the interval between two menstrual cycles is ten days. Therefore, any blood a woman sees less than ten days after becoming clean is subject to review based on its conditions and time, and it is not considered her next menstrual period.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر