The woman having bleeding after delivery (puerperal haemorrhage) would refrain (from prayer) for forty days or forty nights; and we would anoint our faces with an aromatic herb called wars to remove dark spots.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 311 In-book : Book 1, Hadith 311 English translation : Book 1, Hadith 311
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