NIFAS. نفاس
The condition of a woman after the birth of a child, during which period she is unclean and is not permitted to perform the usual prayers. According to the Sunnis, it is a period of forty days, but according to the Shiahs, only ten.
The condition of a woman after the birth of a child, during which period she is unclean and is not permitted to perform the usual prayers. According to the Sunnis, it is a period of forty days, but according to the Shiahs, only ten.
Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam