Menses Ending And Ghusl
In Islamic jurisprudence, there is a minimum and a maximum duration for menstruation. According to most scholars, the minimum duration of menses is three days and the maximum is ten days. Any bleeding that is less than this minimum is considered irregular bleeding (istihada), and bleeding that continues beyond ten days is also regarded as istihada, not menstruation. The minimum period of purity between two menstrual cycles is considered to be fifteen days.The end of menstruation is recognized in two ways. One is complete dryness, meaning no colored discharge is seen at all. The other is the appearance of a white discharge, which is known in fiqh as the sign of purity. When either of these signs appears, menstruation is considered to have ended. Yellow or brown discharge that appears during the days of menstruation and within its defined time period is also counted as menses. However, once the sign of purity has appeared, any yellow or brown discharge that comes afterward is not considered menstruation but normal discharge in a state of purity.If you usually experience yellow, brown, or lightly reddish discharge within the ten-day limit, those days are counted as menstruation. But as soon as clear dryness or the white discharge appears, menstruation should be considered finished, and you should perform ghusl at that time. Any colored discharge that appears after this will not be regarded as menstruation.Since you suffer from waswasa (excessive doubts), the principle for you is to ignore doubts and act on what is clear. Once a sign of purity appears, consider yourself pure. Avoid repeatedly checking or falling into uncertainty, because in Islamic law certainty is not removed by doubt, and acting on waswasa is not required.