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427. It was narrated from ‘Āishah: “A woman asked the Prophet ﷺ: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, how should I perform Ghusl when I become pure?’ He said: ‘Take a piece of cotton wool scented with musk and clean yourself with it.’ She said: ‘How should I clean myself with it?’ He said: ‘Clean yourself with it.’ She said: ‘How should I clean myself with it?’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Subhān Allāh!’ and turned away from her.” ‘Āishah understood what the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ meant, and said: “So I pulled her toward me and told her what the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ meant.” (Sahīh)
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Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ had shown her how to perform the bath, as it is elucidated in some other narrations [Sahīh Al-Bukhārī - Al-Hayd (the Menstruation), [Sahīh Al-Bukhārī - Al-Hayd (the Menstruation), Hadīth 314; Sahīh Muslim - Al-Hayd, Hadīth 332]. Here the narration described one characteristic of taking the bath at the end of one’s menstruation. It is that a woman should use fragrance to eliminate the odor of blood.
Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ had shown her how to perform the bath, as it is elucidated in some other narrations [Sahīh Al-Bukhārī - Al-Hayd (the Menstruation), [Sahīh Al-Bukhārī - Al-Hayd (the Menstruation), Hadīth 314; Sahīh Muslim - Al-Hayd, Hadīth 332]. Here the narration described one characteristic of taking the bath at the end of one’s menstruation. It is that a woman should use fragrance to eliminate the odor of blood.
