سنن أبي داود

Hadith 285

Book 1: Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

كِتَاب الطَّهَارَةِ

Chapter 111

Chapter: When The Menstruation Starts She Should Leave The Prayer.

باب مَنْ قَالَ إِذَا أَقْبَلَتِ الْحَيْضَةُ تَدَعُ الصَّلاَةَ

English narration

Narrated by عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

Aishah said: Umm Habibah, daughter of Jahsh and sister-in-law of Messenger of Allah ﷺm and wife of Abdur-Rahman bin Awf, had a prolonged flow of blood for seven years. She inquired from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: This is not menstruation, but this (due to) a vein. Therefore, wash yourself and pray. Abu Dawud said: In this tradition which is transmitted by al-Zuhri from Urwah and Urwah on the authority of Aishah, al-Awzai added: She (Aishah) said: Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh and wife of Abdur-Rahman bin Awf had a prolonged flow of blood for seven years. The Prophet ﷺ commander her saying: When the menstruation begins, abandon prayer; when it is finished, take a bath and pray. Abu Dawud said: None of the disciple of al-Zuhri mentioned these words except al-Awzai, from al-Zuhri it has been narrated by Amr bin al-Harith, al-Laith, Yunus, Ibn Abi Dhi'b, Mamar, Ibrahim bin Saad, Sulaiman bin Kathir, Ibn Ishaq and Sufyan bin Uyainah, they did not narrate these words. Abu Dawud said: These are the words of the version reported by Hisham bin Urwah from this father on the authority of Aishah. Abu Dawud said: In this tradition Ibn Uyainah also added the words: He commander her to abandon prayer during her menstrual period. This is a misunderstanding on the part of Ibn Uyainah. The version of this tradition narrated by Muhammad bin Amr from al-Zuhri has the addition similar to that made by al-Awzai in his version.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَقِيلٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْمِصْرِيَّانِ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، وَعَمْرَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، أَنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ خَتَنَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَتَحْتَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ اسْتُحِيضَتْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ ، فَاسْتَفْتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "

إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَيْسَتْ بِالْحَيْضَةِ ، وَلَكِنْ هَذَا عِرْقٌ ، فَاغْتَسِلِي وَصَلِّي

"، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : زَادَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَعَمْرَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : اسْتُحِيضَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ وَهِيَ تَحْتَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ ، فَأَمَرَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : إِذَا أَقْبَلَتِ الْحَيْضَةُ فَدَعِي الصَّلَاةَ ، وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ فَاغْتَسِلِي وَصَلِّي ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ هَذَا الْكَلَامَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الزُّهْرِيِّ غَيْرُ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ ، وَرَوَاهُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، وَاللَّيْثُ ، وَيُونُسُ ، وَابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ، وَمَعْمَرٌ ،وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، وَابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ، وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا هَذَا الْكَلَامَ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَإِنَّمَا هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَزَادَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ فِيهِ أَيْضًا : أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَدَعَ الصَّلَاةَ أَيَّامَ أَقْرَائِهَا ، وَهُوَ وَهْمٌ مِنَ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، وَحَدِيثُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، فِيهِ شَيْءٌ يَقْرُبُ مِنَ الَّذِي زَادَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 285In-book: Book 1, Hadith 285

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