A Woman Washes Her Garment That She Wears During Her Menses [To Pray In]
Darussalam · Volume 1
1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATIONSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 357 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 98
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357. Mu'ādhah said: "I asked 'Aishah about the menstruating woman whose garment was touched by blood. She said: 'She should wash it, then if its traces are still left, let her change it (the spot) with (something) yellowish in color. And I used to menstruate during the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ three times without washing my garment.'" (Hasan)
357 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ الْحَسَنِ يَعْنِي جَدَّةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ، عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا عَنِ الْحَائِضِ يُصِيبُ ثَوْبَهَا الدَّمُ قَالَتْ: «تَغْسِلُهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَذْهَبْ أَثَرُهُ فَلْتُغَيِّرْهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ صُفْرَةٍ». قَالَتْ: «وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَحِيضُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ جَمِيعًا لَا أَغْسِلُ لِي ثَوْبًا»
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She did not always have to wash the garment because it did not have menstrual blood on it in every case. This is a proof that if the blood does not touch the clothes, there is no need to wash them. Similarly the sweat and saliva of a menstruating woman is not impure.