Except for him who repents…He said:The repentance of not one of you is acceptable until he abstains from much of that which is permissible for fear that it will lead him into something which is not permissible, just as ʿĀʾisha à said, ‘Put between you and what is forbidden (ḥarām), a screen of that which is permissible (ḥalāl). It was the practise of the Messenger of God to keep away from us for three days after our purification [after menstruation or childbirth] until any possibility of renewed bleeding (fawra) had gone.’His words: