English translation
1780. 'Aishah said: "One of the wives of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ observed I'tikâf with him, and she used to see red and yellow discharge, and sometimes she would put a basin beneath her." (Sahih)
Hadith 1780
The Woman Who Is Suffering From Non-Menstrual Bleeding May Observe I'tikâf
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الحديث: 1780 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 566
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Source no. 1780 · Volume 4 · Page 280
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٢١٣٨)
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Arabic text
1780 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّبَّاحُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: «اعْتَكَفَتْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ، فَكَانَتْ تَرَى الْحُمْرَةَ وَالصُّفْرَةَ، فَرُبَّمَا وَضَعَتْ تَحْتَهَا الطَّسْتَ»
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A woman suffering from Istihâdah (vaginal bleeding of a woman in between her ordinary periods) is allowed to perform any type of worship that a pure woman is allowed, so she may perform I'tikâf too. Whatever blood appears from the vagina, including red, is considered Istihâdah except the ordinary period and post-natal bleeding. The yellow blood has the same status. The purpose of sitting in wide big tub was to keep the mosque mats etc, clean and pure.