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Copyright %u00a9 2023 Islamic Association of Raleigh. All rights reserved. 67Is the blood that results from a miscarriage considered to be the same as the nifaas blood after childbirth?It depends on the length of the pregnancy at the time of the miscarriage. The embryo starts to take on human shape after 80 days. If the miscarriage occurs after 80 days, the resulting blood is considered nifaas (postpartum) blood and should be treated the same way as the blood from childbirth. A woman would not be able to fast, pray, or have intercourse until the blood is gone and ghusl is made. If the miscarriage occurs before 80 days, the resulting blood is treated as a regular discharge and should be washed away before making wudhu. A woman can still pray, fast, and have intercourse.The evidence is in the following hadith:Messenger of Allah (pbuh), the truthful and receiver of the truth informed us, saying, %u201cThe creation of you (humans) is gathered in the form of semen in the womb of your mother for forty days, then it becomes a clinging thing in similar (period), then it becomes a lump of flesh like that, then Allah sends an angel who breathes the life into it%u2026%u201d [Bukhari and Muslim]What is the ruling if blood, accompanied by feelings of pressure and early contractions, is discharged in the days right before delivery?This would be considered nifaas blood and it would be impermissible for the woman to pray and fast.What is the evidence as to why a menstruating woman needs to make up for her missed fasts but not for her prayers?Mu'adha al-%u2018Adawiya said that when she asked %u2018A'isha (ra) why one who has been menstruating must make up for her fast but not for her prayer, she replied, %u201cThat happened to us, and we were ordered to make up for the fast, but were not ordered to make up for the prayer.%u201d [Muslim]