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There is no maximum period of istehaaza. In your case, you would take the date of your last period and the number of days that you normally bleed and consider that to be your period and the rest of the days to be istehaaza. So your date to bleed is on the sixth of each month and for example if you bleed for 5 days then the 6th through the 11th will be considered the days of your period and all the rest will be considered istehaaza. The ruling for a person who is continuously bleeding is the same as for the one whose nose bleeds continuously. Such a woman should offer her salaat, fast, and should not leave out these. It is also permissible to have sexual intercourse with such a woman. A person who is facing istehaaza undergoes the same procedure as a mazur. This woman is to make wudu at the time of every salaat. As long as that salaat time remains her wudu will remain, she can read the salaat of that time and read Quran just as anyone else. However, if apart from this bleeding some other matter crops up which causes her wudu to break, then her wudu will break and will have to repeat the wudu. (Bahisti Zewar 72,100) We hope we have removed all doubts. Please do not hesitate to ask further questions.

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