علقہ (جنین کا ایک مرحلہ)

العَلَقَة

In the lexicon, alaqa is thick coagulated blood, or blood that clots before it dries; it is a stage in the formation of the embryo, from which the lump of flesh develops, and it follows the drop of semen ¹. The Malikis, Shafi'is and Hanbalis hold that causing the loss of the clot is forbidden; the Hanafis allow the loss of a pregnancy before a hundred and twenty days on conditions they set out, and some read this as limited to necessity ^{1 2}. The majority do not require a ghurra for a lost clot, while the Malikis do ². The majority hold that a woman who loses a clot is not counted as in post-natal bleeding, while the Malikis count her so, and a waiting period ends with it ².