The Menstruating Woman Does Not Have To Make Up For The Prayer She Missed
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Chapters OnDry AblutionSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 631 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 207
Source no. 631 · Volume 2 · Page 203
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٢٥٤) ، الإرواء (٢٠٠)
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631. It was narrated from 'Aishah that a woman asked her: "Does a woman who menstruates have to make up for the prayers she misses?" 'Aishah said to her: "Are you a Haruriyyah?"[1] We used to menstruate with the Prophet ﷺ then become pure, and he did not tell us to make up for the prayers we missed." (Sahih)
631 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلَتْهَا: أَتَقْضِي الْحَائِضُ الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَتْ لَهَا عَائِشَةُ: أَحَرُورِيَّةٌ أَنْتِ؟ قَدْ «كُنَّا نَحِيضُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ نَطْهُرُ، وَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا بِقَضَاءِ الصَّلَاةِ»
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a. Women are not allowed to perform prayer during their monthly course period (Bukhârī: 304). All Muslims, with the exception of Khârijites are agreed on this point. This is the reason why 'Aishah ؓ asked the woman questioner in surprise if she was a Khârijite because it is only they who ask such questions. b. It is a special favor of Allâh on women that He did not command them to make up for the missed prayers, for it would surely be quite a difficult task for them to make good their missed eight to ten days of ritual prayers each month. Fasts, on the other hand, come only once in a year, and it is not such a great task to fast for the missed eight to ten days during the course of the coming eleven months.