My period began one day, then after that it stopped and I had a brown discharge. Then after that it came again (I mean my period is four days), then after one day there was nothing. I did ghusl and went to pray Taraweeh, and I prayed and read Qur’aan and fasted. Then the period came again at night. Do I have to make up that day? And the Qur’aan that I read, do I have to read it again?.


Praise be to Allaah.

The end of the period
(tuhr) may be known from one of two signs: emission of the white discharge,
which is known to women, or complete dryness, such that if one places a
piece of cotton and the like on the site, it comes away clean with no trace
of blood or yellow on it. 

The menstruating woman may
see blood for one or two days or more, then she may become pure for a day or
more, then bleed again. 

If the brownish discharge
or spots appear after she has become pure (tuhr), then it is not regarded as
menses. If that appears before she has become pure, then it is part of the
period. 

Based on that, we say: 

1 – The ceasing of bleeding
after the first day: if what is meant is that it was completely dry, then in
the case you should do ghusl and pray and fast, because you have become
pure. If it did not become completely dry, then it is still menses, and the
brownish discharge that appeared after that is regarded as part of the
period. 

2 – If the bleeding stopped
after four days and you saw the white discharge or it was completely dry,
then you did right by doing ghusl and starting to pray and fast. If the
bleeding resumed at night, then it is menses, but it does not affect your
prayers and fasting on that day, so the prayers are valid and the fast is
valid.  

3 – With regard to reading
Qur’aan, it is permissible for a menstruating woman. This has been discussed
in the answer to question no. 2564.
What is not allowed for a menstruating woman is touching the Mus-haf, so if
she wants to read Qur’aan she should wear gloves or turn the pages of the
Mus-haf with a handkerchief so that she will not be touching the Mus-haf
directly. 

Whatever the case, you do
not have to read again what you had read of Qur’aan, and you will have the
reward for that in sha Allaah. 

And Allaah knows best.