English translation
640. It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbâs that the Prophet ﷺ said concerning one who has intercourse with a woman when she is menstruating: "Let him give a Dinâr or half a Dinâr in charity." (Sahih)
Hadith 640
The ExpiationFor One Who Has SexualIntercourse With AMenstruating Woman
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الحديث: 640 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 210
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Source no. 640 · Volume 2 · Page 212
Sahih
صحيح آداب الزفاف (٤٤ و ٤٥) ، المشكاة (٥٥٣) ، صحيح أبي داود (٢٥٦) ، الإرواء (١٩٧)
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640 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الَّذِي يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ، قَالَ: «يَتَصَدَّقُ بِدِينَارٍ أَوْ بِنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ»
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Dinâr was a gold coin used in the days of the Prophet ﷺ in Arabia. It measured about 4.4 grams. It is, therefore, incumbent, in the light of the Hadîth, on any one committing this act to give in charity a price equivalent to 4.4 grams of gold to a person who is deserving, poor and hard-pressed. Some scholars from among the pious predecessors have reconciled the apparent difference between the figures of one Dinâr and half a Dinâr, by suggesting that one Dinâr of charity is expiation for committing the act in the early stages of menstruation when blood is reddish in colour, while half a Dinâr is for doing it in the later stages when the blood colour is yellowish. Some other scholars have suggested that it depends on your capacity. If well-to-do, give a full Dinâr, if hard-pressed, give just half a Dinâr.