Is the blood that came down thirteen days after the first menstrual period, and continued for seven days with different characteristics (brown, red, black), considered menstruation or istihadah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding)? And must prayers be made up for the days that were prayed, thinking it was istihadah, then it became clear that it had symptoms of menstruation?
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If the blood exceeds fifteen days and there isn't a separation of thirteen days or more between the two bleeding periods, then it is not all considered menstruation, and the woman is considered to have istiḥāḍa (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding). The menstruation of a woman with istiḥāḍa is what corresponds to her usual cycle, or what is distinguished by the characteristics of menstrual blood. A woman with istiḥāḍa must make up the prayers she missed, having thought she was menstruating.
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