One of the female Companions complained to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about experiencing an incessant flow of blood. He ordered her to stop praying for as long as her menstrual period normally prevented her from praying before experiencing that new situation; then, she should take a ritual bath and pray. So, she used to take a ritual bath voluntarily before each prayer.

• Istihādah (vaginal bleeding outside the menstrual period) is: when a woman experiences an incessant flow of blood after her usual menstrual period is over.
• A woman experiencing Istihādah should consider herself menstruating for as many days as her menses would normally last before starting to have Istihādah.
• If the number of days of her normal menstrual period passes, she is considered pure from menstruation - even if she is bleeding of Istihādah - and should take a ritual bath.
• A woman experiencing Istihādah is not required to take a ritual bath for each prayer because the female Companion (may Allah be pleased with her) would take a ritual bath based on her personal reasoning. Had it been obligatory, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) would have made it clear to her.
• A woman experiencing Istihādah is required to make ablution for every prayer because her Hadath (ritual impurity) is incessant, and this applies to every person whose Hadath is incessant like the one who suffers from incontinence of urine or continuous passing of wind.
• Asking the people of knowledge about confusing religious matters, as this woman complained to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about the excessive bleeding she was suffering from.

1. Gida
2. Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles
3. Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship
4. Purification
5. Menses, Postpartum Bleeding, Extra-Menses Bleeding
6. Hadith

• this is a vein. Abstain from prayer only for a number of days similar to those of your normal menses; then, take a ritual bath and pray
• Among the Jews, whenever a woman had her menstruation, they would neither eat with her nor associate with her in their houses
• They should not do so. The Prophet's wives would refrain (from prayer) for forty days during postpartum bleeding, and the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) would not command them to complete the prayers abandoned during ...
• She should scrape it, rub it with water, and wash it, and then she may pray in it