Category: Abi Dawud

Sumayy, the freed slave of Abu Bakr, says that al-Qa’qa and Zaid b. Aslam sent him to Sa’id b. al-Musayyab to ask him as to how the woman who has flow of blood should wash. He replied: She should wash at the time of the Zuhr prayer (the bath will be valid one Zuhr prayer to the next Zuhr prayer); and should perform ablution for every prayer. If there is excessive bleed gin, she should tie a cloth over her private part. Abu Dawud said: It has been narrated by Ibn ‘Umar and Anas b. Malik that she should take bath at the time of the Zuhr prayer (being valid) until the next Zuhr prayer. This tradition has also been transmuted by Dawud and ‘Asim from al-Sha’bi from his wife from Qumair on the authority of ‘Aishah, except that the version of Dawud has the words: “every day,” and the version of ‘Asim has the words: “at the time of Zuhr prayer”. This is the view of Salim b. ‘Abd Allah, al-Hassan, and ‘Ata. Abu Dawud said: Malik said: I think that the tradition narrated by Ibn a;-Musayyab must contain the words: “from one purification to another”. But it was misunderstood and the people changed it to: “for one Zuhr prayer to another”. It has also been reported by Miswar b. ‘Abd al-Malik b. Sa’id b. ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Yarbu’, saying: “from one purification to another,” but the people changed it to: “from one zuhr to another.”

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent Usayd ibn Hudayr and some people with him to search the necklace lost by Aisha. The time of prayer came and they prayed without ablution. When they returned to the Prophet (ﷺ) and related the fact to him, the verse concerning tayammum was revealed. Ibn Nufayl added: Usayd said to her: May Allah have mercy upon you! Never has there been an occasion when you were beset with an unpleasant matter but Allah made the Muslims and you come out of that.

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The woman who has a prolonged flow of blood should wash herself every day when her menstrual period is over and take a woollen cloth greased with fat or oil (to tie over the private parts).

Narrated Ammar ibn Yasir: They (the Companions of the Prophet) wiped with pure earth (their hands and face) to offer the dawn prayer in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). They struck the ground with their palms and wiped their faces once. Then they repeated and struck the ground with their palms once again and wiped their arms completely up to the shoulders and up to the armpits with the inner side of their hands.

Muhammad b. ‘Uthman asked al-Qasim b. Muhammad about the woman who has a prolonged flow of blood. He replied: She should abandon prayer during her menstrual period, then wash and pray ; then she should wash during her menstrual period.

The tradition has also been reported through a different chain of narrators. This version has: The Muslims stood up and struck the earth with their palms, but did not get any earth (in their hands). He (Ibn Wahb) then narrated the rest of the tradition in like manner, but he did not mention the words “shoulders” and “armpits”. Ibn al-Laith said: (They) wiped above the elbows.

‘Aishah, wife of Prophet (ﷺ), said: Umm Habibah, daughter of Jahsh, sister-in-law of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and wife of ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Awf, had a flow of blood for seven years. She asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: This is not menstruation but only vein; so you should take a bath and pray. ‘Aishah said: She used to take bath in a wash-tub in the apartment of her sister Zainab daughter of Jahsh ; the redness of (her) blood dominated the water.

This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators. According to this version. ‘Aishah said: She would wash herself for every prayer.

This has bee n narrated though a different chain of narrators by ‘Aishah. This version has the words: “She used to take a bath for every prayer.” Abu Dawud said: Al-Qasim b. Mabrur reported from Yunus from Ibn Shihab from ‘Amrah from ‘Aishah from Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh. Similarly, it was reported by Ma’mar from al-Zuhri from ‘Amrah from ‘Aishah. Ma’mar sometimes reported from ‘Amrah on the authority of Umm Habibah to the same effect. Similarly, it was reported by Ibrahim b. Sa’d and Ibn ‘Uyainah from al-Zuhri from ‘Amrah from ‘Aishah. Ibn ‘Uyainah said in his version: He (al-Zuhri) did not say that the Prophet (ﷺ) commanded her to take bath. It has also been transmitted by al-Awza’i in a similar way. In this version he said: ‘Aishah said: She used to take bath for very prayer.

‘Aishah said: Umm Habibah had a prolonged flow of blood for seven years. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded her to take bath; so she used to take bath for every prayer.