What does Al-ḥyḍ mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-ḥyḍ (حيض) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-ḥyḍ

Al-ḥyḍ according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

In language: flowing. In sacred Law: the blood shed by the womb of an adult woman who is free from illness and from immaturity. By his saying "the womb of a woman" he guarded against the blood of istihada (continuous spotting) and the bloods issuing from elsewhere; by his saying "free from illness" he guarded against the lochia (nifas), since these have the ruling of illness, to the point that her disposal of a third (of her estate) is taken into account; and by "immaturity" he guarded against the blood seen by a nine-year-old girl, which counts for nothing in sacred Law.

Al-ḥyḍ according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

In language: that which issues from a thing and flows from it. One says "the female rabbit has flowed" (hadat al-arnab) when blood flows from it, and "the tree has flowed" (hadat ash-shajara) when gum issues from it. In sacred Law: the blood shed by the womb of a woman free from illness and from immaturity.

Their saying "the womb of a woman" is a guard against blood issuing from elsewhere, and their saying "free from illness" is a guard against the blood of istihada and against the lochia, since the lochia have the ruling of illness, to the point that her disposal of a third of the estate is taken into account; and "immaturity" is a guard against the blood seen by a seven-year-old girl, which is not menstruation in sacred Law.

Al-ḥyḍ according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

In language, with kasra on the ha'; plural: hayda, also with kasra on the ha', on the pattern of sidr and sidra. What is meant by it is the rag of menstruation with which the woman wipes herself; and it has been said: "al-hayda" is the rag with which the woman dabs herself. Al-hayda (with kasra on the ha'): the state of avoidance incumbent upon the menstruating woman.

At-tahayyud: sitting and remaining seated; they mean the state of sitting. Al-hayda (with fatha on the ha'): each gush of the gushes of blood. Al-hayd: the flowing; from it comes al-hawd; the Arabs say: "hadat..." (the source breaks off here).

Al-ḥyḍ according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Blood that issues from the womb of a woman who is not in lochia (nifas).

Al-ḥyḍ according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Its meaning is the gushing out of the putrid blood ('afin), which, within the blood, holds the position of urine and the 'adhira (residue) within the remnant (fadla) of food and drink, and which issues from the private part.

Al-ḥyḍ according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is blood shed by the womb of an adult woman who has neither illness nor pregnancy; its minimum is three days and its maximum ten days.

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