Concerning The Woman Who Has Istihadah, And (Those Scholars) Who Stated That She Should Leave The Prayer For The Number Of Days Which She Used To Menstruate Sunan Abi Dawud 274
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ امْرَأَةً كَانَتْ تُهَرَاقُ الدِّمَاءَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَفْتَتْ لَهَا أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ "لِتَنْظُرْ عِدَّةَ اللَّيَالِي وَالأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَحِيضُهُنَّ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصِيبَهَا الَّذِي أَصَابَهَا فَلْتَتْرُكِ الصَّلاَةَ قَدْرَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ فَإِذَا خَلَّفَتْ ذَلِكَ فَلْتَغْتَسِلْ ثُمَّ لْتَسْتَثْفِرْ بِثَوْبٍ ثُمَّ لْتُصَلِّ فِيهِ " .
Translation
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin
Abdullah ibn Maslamah narrated to us, from Malik, from Nafi, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, from Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), that a woman used to suffer from prolonged bleeding (Istihadah) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). Umm Salamah asked the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) for a ruling concerning her, and he said: "Let her look at the number of nights and days she used to menstruate each month before she was afflicted with this condition, and let her omit the prayer for that duration of the month. When that period has passed, let her take a bath, then bind a cloth around herself, and then pray."