Menstrual Periods
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 293:
Narrated Al-Qasim:
'Aisha said, "We set
out with the sole intention of performing Hajj and when we reached
Sarif, (a place six miles from Mecca) I got my menses. Allah's Apostle
came to me while I was weeping. He said 'What is the matter with you?
Have you got your menses?' I replied, 'Yes.' He said, 'This is a thing
which Allah has ordained for the daughters of Adam. So do what all the
pilgrims do with the exception of the Taw-af (Circumambulation) round
the Ka'ba." 'Aisha added, "Allah's Apostle sacrificed cows on behalf
of his wives."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 294:
Narrated 'Aisha:
While in menses, I
used to comb the hair of Allah's Apostle .
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 295:
Narrated 'Urwa:
A person asked me,
"Can a woman in menses serve me? And can a Junub woman come close to
me?" I replied, "All this is easy for me. All of them can serve me,
and there is no harm for any other person to do the same. 'Aisha told
me that she used to comb the hair of Allah's Apostle while she was in
her menses, and he was in Itikaf (in the mosque). He would bring his
head near her in her room and she would comb his hair, while she used
to be in her menses."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 296:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
lean on my lap and recite Qur'an while I was in menses.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 297:
Narrated Um Salama:
While I was laying
with the Prophet under a single woolen sheet, I got the menses. I
slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. He said, "Have you got
"Nifas" (menses)?" I replied, "Yes." He then called me and made me lie
with him under the same sheet.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 298:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet and I
used to take a bath from a single pot while we were Junub. During the
menses, he used to order me to put on an Izar (dress worn below the
waist) and used to fondle me. While in Itikaf, he used to bring his
head near me and I would wash it while I used to be in my periods
(menses).
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 299:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Al-Aswad:
(on the authority of
his father) 'Aisha said: "Whenever Allah's Apostle wanted to fondle
anyone of us during her periods (menses), he used to order her to put
on an Izar and start fondling her." 'Aisha added, "None of you could
control his sexual desires as the Prophet could."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 300:
Narrated Maimuna:
When ever Allah's
Apostle wanted to fondle any of his wives during the periods (menses),
he used to ask her to wear an Izar.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 301:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Once Allah's Apostle
went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) o 'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr
prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, "O women! Give alms, as
I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you
(women)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied,
"You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not
seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A
cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you." The women
asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and
religion?" He said, "Is not the evidence of two women equal to the
witness of one man?" They replied in the affirmative. He said, "This
is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn't it true that a woman can
neither pray nor fast during her menses?" The women replied in the
affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her religion."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 302:
Narrated 'Aisha:
We set out with the
Prophet for Hajj and when we reached Sarif I got my menses. When the
Prophet came to me, I was weeping. He asked, "Why are you weeping?" I
said, "I wish if I had not performed Hajj this year." He asked, "May
be that you got your menses?" I replied, "Yes." He then said, "This is
the thing which Allah has ordained for all the daughters of Adam. So
do what all the pilgrims do except that you do not perform the Tawaf
round the Ka'ba till you are clean."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 303:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Fatima bint Abi
Hubaish said to Allah's Apostle, "O Allah's Apostle! I do not become
clean (from bleeding). Shall I give up my prayers?" Allah's Apostle
replied: "No, because it is from a blood vessel and not the menses. So
when the real menses begins give up your prayers and when it (the
period) has finished wash the blood off your body (take a bath) and
offer your prayers."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 304:
Narrated Asma' bint
Abi Bakr:
A woman asked
Allah's Apostle, "O Allah's Apostle! What should we do, if the blood
of menses falls on our clothes?" Allah's Apostle replied, "If the
blood of menses falls on the garment of anyone of you, she must take
hold of the blood spot, rub it, and wash it with water and then pray
in (with it)."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 305:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Whenever anyone of
us got her menses, she, on becoming clean, used to take hold of the
blood spot and rub the blood off her garment, and pour water over it
and wash that portion thoroughly and sprinkle water over the rest of
the garment. After that she would pray in (with) it.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 306:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Once one of the
wives of the Prophet did Itikaf along with him and she was getting
bleeding in between her periods. She used to see the blood (from her
private parts) and she would perhaps put a dish under her for the
blood. (The sub-narrator 'Ikrima added, 'Aisha once saw the liquid of
safflower and said, "It looks like what so and so used to have.")
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 307:
Narrated 'Aisha:
"One of the wives of
Allah's Apostle joined him in l'tikaf and she noticed blood and
yellowish discharge (from her private parts) and put a dish under her
when she prayed."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 308:
Narrated 'Aisha:
One of the mothers
of the faithful believers (i.e. the wives of the Prophet ) did l'tikaf
while she was having bleeding in between her periods.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 309:
Narrated 'Aisha:
None of us had more
than a single garment and we used to have our menses while wearing it.
Whenever it got soiled with blood of menses we used to apply saliva to
the blood spot and rub off the blood with our nails.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 310:
Narrated Um-'Atiya:
We were forbidden to
mourn for a dead person for more than three days except in the case of
a husband for whom mourning was allowed for four months and ten days.
(During that time) we were not allowed to put ko,hl (Antimony eye
power) in our eyes or to use perfumes or to put on colored clothes
except a dress made of 'Asb (a kind of Yemen cloth, very coarse and
rough). We were allowed very light perfumes at the time of taking a
bath after menses and also we were forbidden to go with the funeral
procession .
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 311:
Narrated 'Aisha:
A woman asked the
Prophet about the bath which is take after finishing from the menses.
The Prophet told her what to do and said, "Purify yourself with a
piece of cloth scented with musk." The woman asked, "How shall I
purify myself with it" He said, "Subhan Allah! Purify yourself (with
it)." I pulled her to myself and said, "Rub the place soiled with
blood with it."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 312:
Narrated 'Aisha:
An Ansari woman
asked the Prophet how to take a bath after finishing from the menses.
He replied, "Take a piece a cloth perfumed with musk and clean the
private parts with it thrice." The Prophet felt shy and turned his
face. So pulled her to me and told her what the Prophet meant.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 313:
Narrated 'Aisha:
In the last Hajj of
Allah's Apostle I assume the Ihram for Hajj along with Allah Apostle.
I was one of those who intended Tamattu' (to perform Hajj an 'Umra)
and did not take the Hadi (animal for sacrifice) with me. I got my
menses and was not clean till the night of 'Arafa I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! It is the night of the day of 'Arafat and I intended to
perform the Hajj Tamattu' with 'Umra Allah's Apostle told me to undo
my hair and comb it and to postpone the 'Umra. I did the same and
completed the Hajj. On the night of Al-Hasba (i.e. place outside Mecca
where the pilgrims go after finishing all the ceremonies Hajj at Mina)
he (the Prophet ordered 'Abdur Rahman ('Aisha's brother) to take me to
At-Tan'im to assume the lhram for'Umra in lieu of that of Hajj-atTamattu'
which I had intended to perform.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 314:
Narrated 'Aisha:
On the 1st of
Dhul-Hijja we set out with the intention of performing Hajj. Allah's
Apostle said, "Any one who likes to assume the Ihram for 'Umra he can
do so. Had I not brought the Hadi with me, I would have assumed the
Ihram for 'Umra. "Some of us assumed the Ihram for 'Umra while the
others assumed the Ihram for Hajj. I was one of those who assumed the
Ihram for 'Umra. I got menses and kept on menstruating until the day
of 'Arafat and complained of that to the Prophet . He told me to
postpone my 'Umra, undo and comb my hair, and to assure the Ihram of
Hajj and I did so. On the right of Hasba, he sent my brother 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Abi Bakr with me to At-Tah'im, where I assumed the Ihram for'Umra
in lieu of the previous one. Hisham said, "For that ('Umra) no Hadi,
fasting or alms were required.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 315:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"At every womb Allah appoints an angel who says, 'O Lord! A drop of
semen, O Lord! A clot. O Lord! A little lump of flesh." Then if Allah
wishes (to complete) its creation, the angel asks, (O Lord!) Will it
be a male or female, a wretched or a blessed, and how much will his
provision be? And what will his age be?' So all that is written while
the child is still in the mother's womb."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 316:
Narrated 'Urwa:
'Aisha said, "We set
out with the Prophet in his last Hajj. Some of us intended to perform
'Umra while others Hajj. When we reached Mecca, Allah's Apostle said,
'Those who had assumed the lhram for'Umra and had not brought the Hadi
should finish his lhram and whoever had assumed the Ihram for 'Umra
and brought the Hadi should not finish the Ihram till he has
slaughtered his Hadi and whoever had assumed the lhram for Hajj should
complete his Hajj." 'Aisha further said, "I got my periods (menses)
and kept on menstruating till the day of 'Arafat, and I had assumed
the Ihram for 'Umra only (Tamattu'). The Prophet ordered me to undo
and comb my head hair and assume the lhram for Hajj only and leave the
'Umra. I did the same till I completed the Hajj. Then the Prophet sent
'Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr with me and ordered me to perform 'Umra
from At-Tan'im in lieu of the missed 'Umra."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 317:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Fatima bint Abi
Hubaish used to have bleeding in between the periods, so she asked the
Prophet about it . He replied, "The bleeding is from a blood vessel
and not the menses. So give up the prayers when the (real) menses
begin and when it has finished, take a bath and start praying."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 318:
Narrated Mu'adha:
A woman asked 'Aisha,
"Should I offer the prayers that which I did not offer because of
menses" 'Aisha said, "Are you from the Huraura' (a town in Iraq?) We
were with the Prophet and used to get our periods but he never ordered
us to offer them (the Prayers missed during menses)." 'Aisha perhaps
said, "We did not offer them."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 319:
Narrated Zainab bint
Abi Salama:
Um-Salama said, "I
got my menses while I was lying with the Prophet under a woolen sheet.
So I slipped away, took the clothes for menses and put them on.
Allah's Apostle said, 'Have you got your menses?' I replied, 'Yes.'
Then he called me and took me with him under the woolen sheet." Um
Salama further said, "The Prophet used to kiss me while he was
fasting. The Prophet and I used to take the bath of Janaba from a
single pot."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 320:
Narrated Um Salama:
While I was lying
with the Prophet under a woolen sheet, I got my menses. I slipped away
and put on the clothes for menses. The Prophet said, "Have you got
your menses?" I replied, "Yes." He called me and I slept with him
under the woolen sheet.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 321:
Narrated Aiyub:
Hafsa said, 'We used
to forbid our young women to go out for the two 'Id prayers. A woman
came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and she narrated about
her sister whose husband took part in twelve holy battles along with
the Prophet and her sister was with her husband in six (out of these
twelve). She (the woman's sister) said, "We used to treat the wounded,
look after the patients and once I asked the Prophet, 'Is there any
harm for any of us to stay at home if she doesn't have a veil?' He
said, 'She should cover herself with the veil of her companion and
should participate in the good deeds and in the religious gathering of
the Muslims.' When Um 'Atiya came I asked her whether she had heard it
from the Prophet. She replied, "Yes. May my father be sacrificed for
him (the Prophet)! (Whenever she mentioned the Prophet she used to
say, 'May my father be sacrificed for him) I have heard the Prophet
saying, 'The unmarried young virgins and the mature girl who stay
often screened or the young unmarried virgins who often stay screened
and the menstruating women should come out and participate in the good
deeds as well as the religious gathering of the faithful believers but
the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla (praying
place).' " Hafsa asked Um 'Atiya surprisingly, "Do you say the
menstruating women?" She replied, "Doesn't a menstruating woman attend
'Arafat (Hajj) and such and such (other deeds)?"
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 322:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Fatima bint Abi
Hubaish asked the Prophet, "I got persistent bleeding (in between the
periods) and do not become clean. Shall I give up prayers?" He
replied, "No, this is from a blood vessel. Give up the prayers only
for the days on which you usually get the menses and then take a bath
and offer your prayers."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 323:
Narrated Um 'Atiya:
We never considered
yellowish discharge as a thing of importance (as menses).
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 324:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) Um Habiba got bleeding in between the periods for seven
years. She asked Allah's Apostle about it. He ordered her to take a
bath (after the termination of actual periods) and added that it was
(from) a blood vessel. So she used to take a bath for every prayer.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 325:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) I told Allah's Apostle that Safiya bint Huyai had got her
menses. He said, "She will probably delay us. Did she perform Tawaf
(Al-Ifada) with you?" We replied, "Yes." On that the Prophet told her
to depart.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 326:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
A woman is al lowed
to leave (go back home) if she gets menses (after Tawaf-AlIfada). Ibn
'Umar formerly used to say that she should not leave but later on I
heard him saying, "She may leave, since Allah's Apostle gave them the
permission to leave (after Tawaf-AlIfada."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 327:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said to
me, "Give up the prayer when your menses begin and when it has
finished, wash the blood off your body (take a bath) and start
praying."
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 328:
Narrated Samura bin
Jundab:
The Prophet offered
the funeral prayer for the dead body of a woman who died of (during)
delivery (i.e. child birth) and he stood by the middle of her body.
Volume 1, Book 6,
Number 329:
Narrated Maimuna:
(the wife of the
Prophet) During my menses, I never prayed, but used to sit on the mat
beside the mosque of Allah's Apostle. He used to offer the prayer on
his sheet and in prostration some of his clothes used to touch me."
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