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When ever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) wanted to fondle any of his wives during the periods (menses), he used to
ask her to wear an Izar.

`Aisha said, “We set out with the Prophet (ﷺ) in his last Hajj. Some of us intended to perform `Umra
while others Hajj. When we reached Mecca, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘Those who had assumed the lhram
for `Umra and had not brought the Hadi should finish his lhram and whoever had assumed the Ihram
for `Umra and brought the Hadi should not finish the Ihram till he has slaughtered his Hadi and
whoever had assumed the lhram for Hajj should complete his Hajj.” `Aisha further said, “I got my
periods (menses) and kept on menstruating till the day of `Arafat, and I had assumed the Ihram for
`Umra only (Tamattu`). The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered me to undo and comb my head hair and assume the
lhram for Hajj only and leave the `Umra. I did the same till I completed the Hajj. Then the Prophet (ﷺ)
sent `Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr with me and ordered me to perform `Umra from at-Tan`im in lieu
of the missed `Umra.”

Once Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) of `Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer.
Then he passed by the women and said, “O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the
dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women).” They asked, “Why is it so, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ?” He replied,
“You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in
intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.” The
women asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He said, “Is not
the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They replied in the affirmative. He
said, “This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn’t it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast
during her menses?” The women replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in her
religion.”

Fatima bint Abi Hubaish used to have bleeding in between the periods, so she asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about
it. He replied, “The bleeding is from a blood vessel and not the menses. So give up the prayers when
the (real) menses begins and when it has finished, take a bath and start praying.”

We set out with the Prophet (ﷺ) for Hajj and when we reached Sarif I got my menses. When the Prophet (ﷺ)
came to me, I was weeping. He asked, “Why are you weeping?” I said, “I wish if I had not performed
Hajj this year.” He asked, “May be that you got your menses?” I replied, “Yes.” He then said, “This is
the thing which Allah has ordained for all the daughters of Adam. So do what all the pilgrims do
except that you do not perform the Tawaf round the Ka`ba till you are clean.”

A woman asked `Aisha, “Should I offer the prayers that which I did not offer because of menses”
`Aisha said, “Are you from the Huraura’ (a town in Iraq?) We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) and used to get
our periods but he never ordered us to offer them (the Prayers missed during menses).” `Aisha perhaps
said, “We did not offer them.”

`Umar asked the Prophet (ﷺ) “Can anyone of us sleep while he is Junub?” He replied, “Yes, if he performs
ablution.”

`Umar bin Al-Khattab told Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), “I became Junub at night.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) replied,
“Perform ablution after washing your private parts and then sleep.”

as the following Hadith 290.Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When a man sits in between the four parts of a woman and did the sexual
intercourse with her, bath becomes compulsory.”

I asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a man who engaged in the sexual intercourse with his wife but did
not discharge. `Uthman replied, “He should perform ablution like that for the prayer after washing his
private parts.” `Uthman added, “I heard that from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).” I asked `Ali bin Abi Talib, Az-
Zubair bin Al-`Awwam, Talha bin ‘Ubaidullah and Ubai bin Ka`b and they gave the same reply. (Abu
Aiyub said that he had heard that from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ) (This order was canceled later on so one has
to take a bath. See, Hadith No. 180).