A question regarding the nature of blood that appears after menstruation, specifically when it does not follow the usual timing but rather a numerical pattern.
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei and Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may God protect them):
It is not a condition to have a period of purity between istihada (non-menstrual bleeding) and menstruation. The important point is that there must be a period of purity of at least ten days between two menstrual cycles. Since your question indicates that after the first menstruation and before the onset of the third bleeding, there is a period of ten days of purity, the third bleeding is also considered menstruation, even if there was istihada in between, provided that it lasts for three days, which is the minimum duration for menstruation.
May you be successful in all good.
Source:
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei (may God protect him): Official website - Women's rulings - Q 9
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may God protect him): Minhaj al-Salihin - Vol 1 - Ruling on seeing blood twice in one month - M 219