Chapter on the Rules of Menstruation, Istihadah, and Nifas, and Purification From Them

The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Abu Al-Qasim Ja’far ibn Muhammad, from Muhammad ibn Ya’qub, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Umar ibn Udhaynah, from Al-Fudhayl ibn Yasar and Zurara, from one of the Imams عليه السلام, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: "The woman in a state of nifas (postnatal bleeding) refrains from prayer during the days of her regular cycle, after which she performs ghusl and follows the same rules as the mustahadah (a woman experiencing irregular bleeding)."