Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 6

كِتَاب الْحَيْضِ

The Book of Menses (Menstrual Periods)

37 hadith · 30 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

11 م- بَابُ الأَمْرِ بِالنُّفَسَاءِ إِذَا نُفِسْنَ:(1b) Chapter. Menses (a thing) ordained (by Allah and instructions) for women when they get their menses.22- بَابُ غَسْلِ الْحَائِضِ رَأْسَ زَوْجِهَا وَتَرْجِيلِهِ:(2) Chapter. The washing of the husband’s head and the combing of his hair by a menstruating wife.33- بَابُ قِرَاءَةِ الرَّجُلِ فِي حَجْرِ امْرَأَتِهِ وَهْيَ حَائِضٌ:(3) Chapter. To recite the Quran while lying in the lap of one’s own menstruating wife.44- بَابُ مَنْ سَمَّى النِّفَاسَ حَيْضًا:(4) Chapter. Using the word Nifas for menses.55- بَابُ مُبَاشَرَةِ الْحَائِضِ:(5) Chapter. Fondling a menstruating wife.66- بَابُ تَرْكِ الْحَائِضِ الصَّوْمَ:(6) Chapter. A menstruating woman should leave observing Saum (fasting).77- بَابُ تَقْضِي الْحَائِضُ الْمَنَاسِكَ كُلَّهَا إِلاَّ الطَّوَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ:(7) Chapter. A menstruating woman should perform all the ceremonies of Hajj except the Tawaf around the Kabah.88- بَابُ الاِسْتِحَاضَةِ:(8) Chapter. Al-Istihada [bleeding (from the womb) in between a woman’s periods].99- بَابُ غَسْلِ دَمِ الْمَحِيضِ:(9) Chapter. Washing out the menstrual blood.1010- بَابُ الاِعْتِكَافِ لِلْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ:(10) Chapter. The Itikaf of a woman who is bleeding in between her periods.1111- بَابُ هَلْ تُصَلِّي الْمَرْأَةُ فِي ثَوْبٍ حَاضَتْ فِيهِ:(11) Chapter. Can a woman offer her Salat (prayers) in the clothes in which she has her menses?1212- بَابُ الطِّيبِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَ غُسْلِهَا مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ:(12) Chapter. Putting perfume by women at the time of taking a bath after finishing from the menses.1313- بَابُ دَلْكِ الْمَرْأَةِ نَفْسَهَا إِذَا تَطَهَّرَتْ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ:(13) Chapter. A woman should rub her own body thoroughly during a bath after the menses.1414- بَابُ غُسْلِ الْمَحِيضِ:(14) Chapter. To take a bath after finishing from the menses.1515- بَابُ امْتِشَاطِ الْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَ غُسْلِهَا مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ:(15) Chapter. The combing of head-hair by a woman on taking a bath after finishing from the menses.1616- بَابُ نَقْضِ الْمَرْأَةِ شَعَرَهَا عِنْدَ غُسْلِ الْمَحِيضِ:(16) Chapter. A woman should undo her head-hair while taking the bath after finishing from her menses.1717- بَابُ مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ:(17) Chapter. “(A little lump of flesh) some formed and some unformed.” (V. 22:5)1818- بَابُ كَيْفَ تُهِلُّ الْحَائِضُ بِالْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ:(18) Chapter. How a menstruating woman should assume Ihram for Hajj or Umra.1919- بَابُ إِقْبَالِ الْمَحِيضِ وَإِدْبَارِهِ:(19) Chapter. The beginning and the ending of menstmal periods.2020- بَابُ لاَ تَقْضِي الْحَائِضُ الصَّلاَةَ:(20) Chapter. There is no Salat (prayer) to be offered by a menstruating woman in lieu of the missed Salat during her menses.2121- بَابُ النَّوْمِ مَعَ الْحَائِضِ وَهْيَ فِي ثِيَابِهَا:(21) Chapter. Sleeping with a menstruating woman (one’s wife) while she is wearing her clothes (that are worn during menses).2222- بَابُ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ ثِيَابَ الْحَيْضِ سِوَى ثِيَابِ الطُّهْرِ:(22) Chapter. Whoever kept a special dress for menses besides other dresses for the clean period.2323- بَابُ شُهُودِ الْحَائِضِ الْعِيدَيْنِ، وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَيَعْتَزِلْنَ الْمُصَلَّى:(23) Chapter. The participation of menstruating women in the two Eid festivals and in religious gatherings of Muslims and their isolation from the Musalla (praying place).2424- بَابُ إِذَا حَاضَتْ فِي شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَ حِيَضٍ وَمَا يُصَدَّقُ النِّسَاءُ فِي الْحَيْضِ وَالْحَمْلِ فِيمَا يُمْكِنُ مِنَ الْحَيْضِ:(24) Chapter. If a woman gets menses thrice a month. Can we believe a woman if she says she is menstruating or pregnant, and whatever is related to menses.2525- بَابُ الصُّفْرَةِ وَالْكُدْرَةِ فِي غَيْرِ أَيَّامِ الْحَيْضِ:(25) Chapter. Yellowish discharge not during the menses.2626- بَابُ عِرْقِ الاِسْتِحَاضَةِ:(26) Chapter. Al-Istihadah (bleeding in between the periods is from a blood vessel).2727- بَابُ الْمَرْأَةِ تَحِيضُ بَعْدَ الإِفَاضَةِ:(27) Chapter. If a woman gets her menses after Tawaf-al-Ifada.2828- بَابُ إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمُسْتَحَاضَةُ الطُّهْرَ:(28) Chapter. When a woman having bleeding in between her periods notices signs of cleanliness from her menses.2929- بَابُ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى النُّفَسَاءِ وَسُنَّتِهَا:(29) Chapter. The offering of a funeral prayer for a woman who had died during (or after) delivery and its (i.e., funeral prayer’s) legal way of its performing.3030 - بَابٌ:(30) CHAPTER

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First narrations

Bukhari · 294إِنَّ هَذَا أَمْرٌ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَنَاتِ آدَمَ ، فَاقْضِي مَا يَقْضِي الْحَاجُّ غَيْرَ أَنْ لَا تَطُوفِي بِالْبَيْتِ`Aisha said, "We set out with the sole intention of performing Hajj and when we reached Sarif, (a place six miles from Mecca) I got my menses. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me while I was weeping. He said 'What is the ma5 narratorsBukhari · 295كُنْتُ أُرَجِّلُ رَأْسَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌWhile in menses, I used to comb the hair of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) .5 narratorsBukhari · 296أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُرَجِّلُ تَعْنِي رَأْسَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَئِذٍ مُجَاوِرٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يُدْنِي لَهَا رَأْسَهُ A person asked me, "Can a woman in menses serve me? And can a Junub woman come close to me?" I replied, "All this is easy for me. All of them can serve me, and there is no harm for any other person to do the same. `Aisha6 narratorsBukhari · 297أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَتَّكِئُ فِي حَجْرِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ ، ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to lean on my lap and recite Qur'an while I was in menses.5 narratorsBukhari · 298بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُضْطَجِعَةٌ فِي خَمِيصَةٍ ، إِذْ حِضْتُ فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي ، قَالَ : أَنُفِسْتِ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَدَعَانِي فَاضْطَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ While I was laying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a single woolen sheet, I got the menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. He said, "Have you got "Nifas" (menses)?" I replied, "Yes." He then called me and m6 narratorsBukhari · 299حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : " كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمThe Prophet (ﷺ) and I used to take a bath from a single pot while we were Junub. During the menses, he used to order me to put on an Izar (dress worn below the waist) and used to fondle me. While in I'tikaf, he used to b6 narratorsBukhari · 302كَانَتْ إِحْدَانَا إِذَا كَانَتْ حَائِضًا فَأَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُبَاشِرَهَا أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَتَّزِرَ فِي فَوْرِ حَيْضَتِهَا ، ثُمَّ يُبَاشِرُهَا ، قَالَتْ : وَأَيُّكُمْ يَمْلِك(on the authority of his father) `Aisha said "Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) wanted to fondle anyone of us during her periods (menses), he used to order her to put on an Izar and start fondling her." `Aisha added, "None 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 303كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُبَاشِرَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ نِسَائِهِ أَمَرَهَا فَاتَّزَرَتْ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌWhen 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.7 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 304خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي أَضْحَى أَوْ فِطْرٍ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى ، فَمَرَّ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ ، تَصَدَّقْنَ فَإِنِّي أُرِيتُكُنَّ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِ النَّاOnce 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 He5 narratorsBukhari · 305فَإِنَّ ذَلِكِ شَيْءٌ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَنَاتِ آدَمَ ، فَافْعَلِي مَا يَفْعَلُ الْحَاجُّ غَيْرَ أَنْ لَا تَطُوفِي بِالْبَيْتِ حَتَّى تَطْهُرِيWe 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."5 narratorsBukhari · 306إِنَّمَا ذَلِكِ عِرْقٌ وَلَيْسَ بِالْحَيْضَةِ ، فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَتِ الْحَيْضَةُ فَاتْرُكِي الصَّلَاةَ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ قَدْرُهَا فَاغْسِلِي عَنْكِ الدَّمَ وَصَلِّيFatima bint Abi Hubaish said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I do not become clean (from bleeding). Shall I give up my prayers?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied "No, because it is from a blood vessel an5 narratorsBukhari · 307إِذَا أَصَابَ ثَوْبَ إِحْدَاكُنَّ الدَّمُ مِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ فَلْتَقْرُصْهُ ، ثُمَّ لِتَنْضَحْهُ بِمَاءٍ ، ثُمَّ لِتُصَلِّي فِيهِA woman asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What should we do, if the blood of menses falls on our clothes?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "If the blood of menses falls on the garment of anyone of you5 narrators