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

A group of narrators informed me from Abu Muhammad Harun ibn Musa, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’id, from Ali ibn Al-Hasan; and Ahmad ibn Ubdun narrated to me from Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Al-Zubair, from Ali ibn Al-Hasan, from Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Zurara, from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, from Umar ibn Udhaynah, from Zurara and Al-Fudhayl, 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 usual cycles, after which she performs ghusl and begins praying, following the same procedure as the mustahadah (a woman experiencing irregular bleeding)."