English translation
287. Imrān bin Talḥah narrated from his mother, Hamnah bint Jahsh, that she said: "I used to suffer from severe and acute Istiḥādah, so I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ seeking his verdict and informing him (about my situation). I found him in the house of my sister Zainab bint Jahsh. I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I am a woman who suffers from severe and acute Istiḥādah, so what do you advise me concerning it, for it has prevented me from fasting and praying.' He said, 'I will describe to you the cloth (to wear), for it will stop the blood.' I said: 'It is more than that!' He said: 'Then wear a garment (around your private area).' I said: 'It is even more than that. It flows out with force.' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'I will command you with two things, whichever of the two you do, it will be sufficient for you from the other one,[1] and if you can do both of them, then you know best (if you are capable of that).' He told her: 'This is a stroke from the strokes of Shaitān. So your menstruation is six or seven days according to the knowledge of Allāh, exalted is His remembrance. Then (after it finishes) perform Ghusl until you think that you have
become pure and clean, and pray twenty three nights, or twenty four (nights) along with their days, and fast (as well), for that will be sufficient for you. And do the same every month, like other women menstruate and become pure according to their times. Now, if you are capable of delaying Zuhr and advancing ‘Aṣr, then perform Ghusl, and combine between the two prayers, Zuhr and ‘Aṣr. Likewise, delay Maghrib and advance Ishā, then perform Ghusl and combine between the two prayers if you can. And perform Ghusl at Fajr if you can, and fast if you are able to.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, ‘This is the more pleasing of the two matter to me.’”
(Da‘īf)
Abū Dāwūd said: ‘Amr bin Thābit narrated from Ibn ‘Aqīl, so he said: “Hamnah said: ‘This is the more pleasing of the two matter to me,’” not attributing it to a saying of the Prophet ﷺ, but as a saying of Hamnah.
Abū Dāwūd said: ‘Amr bin Thābit was a Rāfidī, as was mentioned from Yahyā bin Ma‘īn [but he was truthful in narrations].
Abū Dāwūd said: I heard Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal say: “I feel uncomfortable about the Ḥadīth of Ibn ‘Aqīl.”
Arabic text
287 - حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَغَيْرُهُ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ 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 رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْتَفْتِيهِ وَأُخْبِرُهُ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ فِي بَيْتِ أُخْتِي زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ أُسْتَحَاضُ حَيْضَةً كَثِيرَةً شَدِيدَةً، فَمَا تَرَى فِيهَا قَدْ مَنَعَتْنِي الصَّلَاةَ وَالصَّوْمَ. فَقَالَ: «أَنْعَتُ لَكِ الْكُرْسُفَ، فَإِنَّهُ يُذْهِبُ الدَّمَ». قَالَتْ: هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: «فَاتَّخِذِي ثَوْبًا». فَقَالَتْ: هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا أَثُجُّ ثَجًّا. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سَآمُرُكِ بِأَمْرَيْنِ أَيَّهُمَا فَعَلْتِ أَجْزَأَ عَنْكِ مِنَ الْآخَرِ، وَإِنْ قَوِيتِ عَلَيْهِمَا فَأَنْتِ أَعْلَمُ». قَالَ لَهَا: «إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ رَكْضَةٌ مِنْ رَكَضَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَتَحَيَّضِي سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي عِلْمِ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ اغْتَسِلِي حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَيْتِ أَنَّكِ قَدْ طَهُرْتِ، وَاسْتَنْقَأْتِ فَصَلِّي ثَلَاثًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَيَّامَهَا وَصُومِي، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَجْزِيكِ، وَكَذَلِكَ فَافْعَلِي فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ كَمَا تَحِيضُ النِّسَاءُ، وَكَمَا يَطْهُرْنَ مِيقَاتُ حَيْضِهِنَّ وَطُهْرِهِنَّ، وَإِنْ قَوِيتِ عَلَى أَنْ تُؤَخِّرِي الظُّهْرَ وَتُعَجِّلِي الْعَصْرَ فَتَغْتَسِلِينَ وَتَجْمَعِينَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ، وَتُؤَخِّرِينَ الْمَغْرِبَ وَتُعَجِّلِينَ الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلِينَ وَتَجْمَعِينَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ فَافْعَلِي، وَتَغْتَسِلِينَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ فَافْعَلِي، وَصُومِي إِنْ قَدِرْتِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ». قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَهَذَا أَعْجَبُ الْأَمْرَيْنِ إِلَيَّ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَرَوَاهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَقِيلٍ قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ: حَمْنَةُ فَقُلْتُ: «هَذَا أَعْجَبُ الْأَمْرَيْنِ إِلَيَّ» لَمْ يَجْعَلْهُ مِنْ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَعَلَهُ كَلَامَ حَمْنَةَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَعَمْرُو بْنُ ثَابِتٍ رَافِضِيٌّ رَجُلُ سُوءٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ صَدُوقًا فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَثَابِتُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ رَجُلٌ ثِقَةٌ وَذَكَرَهُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَعِينٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: سَمِعْت أَحْمَدَ يَقُولُ: حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَقِيلٍ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ
