English translation
128. Hamnah bint Jahsh narrated: "I had a case of blood flow that was severe and excessive. So I went to the Prophet ﷺ to inform him and ask him about it. I found him in the house of my sister Zainab bint Jahsh. I said, 'O Messenger of Allāh! I suffer from a case of severe and excessive blood flow. So what do you order me to do for it, and does this prevent me from fasting and performing Ṣalāt?' He said: 'Tie a cotton rag around yourself and the blood will go away.' I said, 'It is more than that.' He said: 'Make it tight.' I said, 'It is more than that.' He said: 'Then use a cloth (to bind it).' I said, 'It is more than that. It flows too much.' So the Prophet ﷺ said: 'I will order you to do one of two things, which ever of them you do, it will be acceptable for you. You should know which of them you are able to do.' Then he said: 'This is only a blow from the Shaitān. Menstruate for six or seven days, which Allāh knows, then perform Ghusl. When you see that you have become pure
and clean, then perform Ṣalāt for twenty-three or twenty-four nights and their days. Perform Ṣalāt and fast, and that will be acceptable for you. So do this (if you can) just as (other) women who menstruate and become pure during their periods of menstruation and purity. If (not, and) you are able to delay Zuhr and hasten ‘Aṣr then perform Ghusl when you have become pure, and pray Zuhr and ‘Aṣr together. Then delay Maghrib and hasten ‘Ishā, then perform Ghusl and combine the two prayers. So do this (if you are able). Then perform Ghusl with the dawn and pray. Do this, and fast if you are able to do so.’ Then Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: ‘That is what is preferable to me of the two.’[1] (Da’if)
Abū ‘Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan [Ṣahīh].
‘Ubaidullāh bin ‘Amr Ar-Raqqī, Ibn Juraij, and Sharik (all) related it from ‘Abdullāh bin Muḥammad bin ‘Aqīl, from Ibrāhīm bin Muḥammad bin Ṭalḥah, from his uncle ‘Imrān, from his mother Ḥamnah. But Juraij said: “‘Umar bin Ṭalḥah” and what is correct is ‘Imrān bin Ṭalḥah.
[He said:] I asked Muḥammad about this Ḥadīth. He said, “It is a Ḥasan [Ṣahīh] Ḥadīth.”
The same was said by Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal: “It is a Ḥasan Ṣahīh Ḥadīth.”
Ahmad and Ishāq said about Al-Mustahādah: When Al-Mustahādah can distinguish her menstruation by its blood and the blood that comes at the end of it – such that its blood is black and that which comes after it changes to yellow – then she is to act according to the Hadīth of Fātimah bint Abī Ḥubaish. If in the case of Al-Mustahādah she has days she is aware of for her menstruation, then she leaves the Ṣalāt for the days of her period. Then she performs Ghusl and she performs Wudū for every Ṣalāt and she prays. If her blood were to continue, without her having normal days (of menstrual flow) and she can not recognize whether the blood is from that of menstruation or after it, then she is to act according to the Hadīth of Hamnah bint Jaṣh.
[This was also said by Abū 'Ubaid]
Ash-Shāfi'i said: Al-Mustahādah is the one whose blood continues without ceasing from when she first saw it. She is to leave the prayer for what is between that time and twenty-five days. When she becomes pure on the twenty-fifth day or before that, then these are the days of her menstruation. If she sees that the blood lasts for more than twenty-five days, then she prays for twenty-four days, then stops praying for the least possible period of the menstruation of (average) women, and that is a day and a night.
Abū 'Eisā said: The people of
knowledge differ over the least amount of time for menstruation, as well as the most it will be. Some of the people of knowledge say that the least is three days and the most is ten.
This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and the people of Al-Kūfah. It was also ascribed to by Ibn Al-Mubārak, and, opposite of that has been related from him as well.
Some of the people of knowledge – among them ‘Aṭā’ bin Abī Rabāḥ – say that the least for menstruation is a day and a night, and the most is twenty-five days.
And this is the saying of Mālik, Al-Awzā’ī, Ash-Shāfi’ī, Aḥmad, Ishāq and Abū ‘Ubaid.
Arabic text
١٢٨ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ حَمْنَةَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ، قَالَتْ: «كُنْتُ أُسْتَحَاضُ» حَيْضَةً كَثِيرَةً شَدِيدَةً، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْتَفْتِيهِ وَأُخْبِرُهُ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ فِي بَيْتِ أُخْتِي زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أُسْتَحَاضُ حَيْضَةً كَثِيرَةً شَدِيدَةً، فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي فِيهَا، قَدْ مَنَعَتْنِي الصِّيَامَ وَالصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ: أَنْعَتُ لَكِ الْكُرْسُفَ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يُذْهِبُ الدَّمَ قَالَتْ: هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَتَلَجَّمِي، قَالَتْ: هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَاتَّخِذِي ثَوْبًا، قَالَتْ: هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، إِنَّمَا أَثُجُّ ثَجًّا، فَقَالَ
النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: سَآمُرُكِ بِأَمْرَيْنِ أَيَّهُمَا صَنَعْتِ أَجْزَأَ عَنْكِ، فَإِنْ قَوِيتِ عَلَيْهِمَا فَأَنْتِ أَعْلَمُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا هِيَ رَكْضَةٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَتَحَيَّضِي سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي عِلْمِ اللهِ، ثُمَّ اغْتَسِلِي، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتِ أَنَّكِ قَدْ طَهُرْتِ وَاسْتَنْقَأْتِ فَصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً أَوْ ثَلَاثًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَيَّامَهَا، وَصُومِي وَصَلِّي، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكِ يُجْزِئُكِ، وَكَذَلِكِ فَافْعَلِي، كَمَا تَحِيضُ النِّسَاءُ وَكَمَا يَطْهُرْنَ، لِمِيقَاتِ حَيْضِهِنَّ وَطُهْرِهِنَّ، فَإِنْ قَوِيتِ عَلَى أَنْ تُؤَخِّرِي الظُّهْرَ وَتُعَجِّلِي الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلِينَ حِينَ تَطْهُرِينَ، وَتُصَلِّينَ الظُّهْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ جَمِيعًا، ثُمَّ تُؤَخِّرِينَ الْمَغْرِبَ وَتُعَجِّلِينَ الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلِينَ، وَتَجْمَعِينَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ، فَافْعَلِي، وَتَغْتَسِلِينَ مَعَ الصُّبْحِ وَتُصَلِّينَ، وَكَذَلِكِ فَافْعَلِي، وَصُومِي إِنْ قَوِيتِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: وَهُوَ أَعْجَبُ الْأَمْرَيْنِ إِلَيَّ.
هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
وَرَوَاهُ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّقِّيُّ وَابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ وَشَرِيكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ عِمْرَانَ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ حَمْنَةَ، إِلَّا أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ يَقُولُ: عُمَرُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، وَالصَّحِيحُ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ.
وَسَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ: هُوَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ.
وَهَكَذَا قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ: هُوَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ فِي الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ: إِذَا كَانَتْ تَعْرِفُ حَيْضَهَا بِإِقْبَالِ الدَّمِ وَإِدْبَارِهِ، وَإِقْبَالُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَسْوَدَ، وَإِدْبَارُهُ أَنْ يَتَغَيَّرَ إِلَى الصُّفْرَةِ، فَالْحُكْمُ لَهَا عَلَى حَدِيثِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي حُبَيْشٍ، وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْمُسْتَحَاضَةُ لَهَا أَيَّامٌ مَعْرُوفَةٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُسْتَحَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا تَدَعُ الصَّلَاةَ أَيَّامَ
أَقْرَائِهَا، ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلُ وَتَتَوَضَّأُ لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ وَتُصَلِّي، وَإِذَا اسْتَمَرَّ بِهَا الدَّمُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا أَيَّامٌ مَعْرُوفَةٌ وَلَمْ تَعْرِفِ الْحَيْضَ بِإِقْبَالِ الدَّمِ وَإِدْبَارِهِ فَالْحُكْمُ لَهَا عَلَى حَدِيثِ حَمْنَةَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ.
وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: الْمُسْتَحَاضَةُ إِذَا اسْتَمَرَّ بِهَا الدَّمُ فِي أَوَّلِ مَا رَأَتْ فَدَامَتْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهَا تَدَعُ الصَّلَاةَ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا، فَإِذَا طَهُرَتْ فِي خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا أَوْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ حَيْضٍ، فَإِذَا رَأَتِ الدَّمَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا فَإِنَّهَا تَقْضِي صَلَاةَ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا، ثُمَّ تَدَعُ الصَّلَاةَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَقَلَّ مَا تَحِيضُ النِّسَاءُ، وَهُوَ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ.
وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي أَقَلِّ الْحَيْضِ وَأَكْثَرِهِ:
فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: أَقَلُّ الْحَيْضِ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَأَكْثَرُهُ عَشَرَةٌ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ، وَبِهِ يَأْخُذُ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَرُوِيَ عَنْهُ خِلَافُ هَذَا.
وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْهُمْ عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ: أَقَلُّ الْحَيْضِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ وَأَكْثَرُهُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ مَالِكٍ وَالْأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَأَبِي عُبَيْدٍ.
