Darussalam · Volume 1
The Chapters OnDry AblutionSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 623 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 204
Source no. 623 · Volume 2 · Page 195
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٢٦٤ - ٢٦٨)
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623. It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: "A woman asked the Prophet ﷺ: 'I bleed continuously and do not become pure. Should I give up the prayer?' He said: 'No, but leave off praying for the number of days and nights that you used to menstruate.'" (One of the narrators) Abu Bakr (Ibn Abu Shaibah) said in his Hadith: "Estimate the number of days in the month, then take a bath and cover your private part with a cloth and perform prayer." (Da'if)
623 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ: سَأَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ: إِنِّي أُسْتَحَاضُ، فَلَا أَطْهُرُ، أَفَأَدَعُ الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ: «لَا، وَلَكِنْ دَعِي قَدْرَ الْأَيَّامِ وَاللَّيَالِي الَّتِي كُنْتِ تَحِيضِينَ» قَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ «وَقَدْرَهُنَّ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، ثُمَّ اغْتَسِلِي وَاسْتَثْفِرِي بِثَوْبٍ، وَصَلِّي»
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Just like the woman's bleeding out of periods, if a person is suffering from some other condition that invalidates his ablution', such as frequent passing of wind, or involuntary dripping of urine, then the person concerned is to be regarded as exempt from normal rules of Shari'ah. In such cases he is not to shun his prayers but to perform fresh ablution for each prayer, and complete the entire cycle of his prayer including his Sunnah (supererogatory) and Nafl (voluntary) prayers.