Meaning: when they have performed the ritual bath. This is how Ibn Abbas interpreted it. Furthermore, Allah the Almighty said in the verse: {Indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves} (4). He praised them, which indicates that it is an action of theirs for which He praised them, and their action is the ritual bath, not merely the cessation of blood. Thus, He conditioned the permissibility of intercourse upon two conditions: the cessation of blood and the performance of the ritual bath. It is not permitted except with both, similar to His statement: {And test the orphans [in their abilities] until they reach marriageable age; then if you perceive in them sound judgment, release their property to them} (5). Since He conditioned the release of property to them upon reaching marriageable age and sound judgment, it is not permitted except with both. Thus it is here. Also, because she is prevented from prayer due to the state of menstruation, intercourse with her is not permitted, just as it is if it ceased before the minimum period of menstruation. What they mentioned as a justification is invalidated by the case where it ceases before the minimum period of menstruation, and because the state of menstruation is more severe than the state of janaba, so analogy upon it is not valid.

100 - Issue: He said: (A woman experiencing chronic vaginal bleeding [mustahada] is not to be had intercourse with unless he fears for himself)

Opinions differed (1) regarding Ahmad's view, may Allah have mercy on him, on having intercourse with a woman experiencing chronic vaginal bleeding (mustahada). It was reported that he is not permitted to have intercourse with her unless he fears for himself falling into something forbidden. This is the school of Ibn Sirin, al-Sha'bi, al-Nakha'i, and al-Hakim (2); due to what al-Khallal narrated with his chain of narration from Aisha that she said: The woman experiencing chronic vaginal bleeding is not to be approached by her husband (3). And because there is harm in it, so having intercourse with her is forbidden like the menstruating woman; for Allah the Almighty forbade intercourse with the menstruating woman, citing the reason of harm by His saying: {Say: It is harm, so keep away from women during menstruation}. He commanded to keep away from them immediately following the mention of the harm with the letter 'fa' (of immediate succession). Also, because when a ruling is mentioned along with a quality that requires it and is suitable for it, it is cited as the reason for it, like His saying: {And the thief, male and female