How Long Should Women In Postnatal Bleeding Wait (Before Praying, etc.)?
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Chapters OnDry AblutionSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 648 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 213
Source no. 648 · Volume 2 · Page 220
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حسن صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٣٢٩) ، الإرواء (٢٠١)
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648. It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: "At the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, women in postnatal bleeding (after childbirth) used to wait for forty days, and we used to put Wars[1] on our faces because of freckles." (Hasan)
648 - حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَهْلٍ، عَنْ مُسَّةَ الْأَزْدِيَّةِ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَتِ النُّفَسَاءُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «تَجْلِسُ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا، وَكُنَّا نَطْلِي وُجُوهَنَا بِالْوَرْسِ مِنَ الْكَلَفِ»
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a. Nifās is the blood secreted from inside a woman after childbirth. Scholars have divergent views about its maximum duration. A majority of them are inclined towards considering it for forty days. In case the flow of blood persists beyond that period, then technically it is not postnatal bleeding but vaginal secretion other than postnatal bleeding. In this condition the woman must bathe and start performing devotional acts like prayers and fasting. If [1] See no. 466. bleeding stops earlier than forty days, then abstinence from the aforementioned rituals is not needed, and normal devotional activities can be restarted after taking the bath. b. Wars, as explained under Hadith 466, is a yellowish plant from Yemen used (especially by women) as a liniment and for dye.