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ruku and sajda cannot be made then gesturing should be used and i f wudhu cannot bemade then tayammum should bemade. Ifthe salaah i s not read then she is a s inner. She should make tauba and, after tahaarat, make qadha for that namaaz. (Bahare-Shariat, Fataawa Razvia) EXTREMELY IMPORTANT Social interaction with women who have nifaas or haiz, e.g. eating with them, eating their leftovers, etc. is permissible and there is no harm in doing so. Customs of staying away from them, not eating with them or not allowing them to touch any dishes, etc. are all un-Islamic and must not be done byMuslims. Manywomen wait for 40 days to be completed and then begin to read namaaz, even if their nifaas is completed before this. They think themselves unworthy for ibaadat. This is sheer ignorance. Namaaz should be resumed as soon as nifaas is finished and one baths. If sickness is feared completely in bathing then tayammum must be made and namaaz performed. (Fataawa Razvia, Bahare­ Shariat) AHKAAM OF ISTIHAAZA The blood that comes out of a baaligh woman's frontal vagina, not habitually or after child birth, but due to a s ickness is known as isti haaza. 1 . During istihaaza, a woman is not exempted from namaaz or fasting and sexual intercourse with her i s not haraam. (GeneralBook<i) 2. If istihaaza reaches a level that there is no chance for her to make wudhu and read namaaz without it occurring then, in this condition, if she sees out a time of salaah from its initial time until its end than she wil l be termed ma 'zoor (someone excused). She must make one wudhu and read whatever salaah she can with it. The wudhu will not be broken ifblood comes. (Durre-Mukhtaar. Raddul-Muhtaar) 3 . She will not qe ma'zoor i f, by using a cloth, etc. the flow ofblood can be halted for as long as she can make wudhu and salaah. (Dun-e­ Mukhtaar) 42