Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 357
A Woman Washes Her Garment That She Wears During Her Menses [To Pray In]
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ الْحَسَنِ، - يَعْنِي جَدَّةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ - عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ، قَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ - رضى الله عنها - عَنِ الْحَائِضِ يُصِيبُ ثَوْبَهَا الدَّمُ . قَالَتْتَغْسِلُهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَذْهَبْ أَثَرُهُ فَلْتُغَيِّرْهُ بِشَىْءٍ مِنَ صُفْرَةٍ . قَالَتْ وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَحِيضُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثَ حِيَضٍ جَمِيعًا لاَ أَغْسِلُ لِي ثَوْبًا .
Translation
Mu'adhah said that 'Aishah was asked about (washing) the clothes of a menstruating woman smeared with blood. She said
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Abd al-Samad ibn Abd al-Warith narrated to us: My father narrated to me: Umm al-Hasan—meaning the grandmother of Abu Bakr al-Adawi—narrated to me from Mu'adhah, who said: I asked Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, about a menstruating woman whose garment is stained with blood. She said: "She should wash it. If the trace of it does not go away, she should change it with something yellow." She said: "I used to menstruate during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, for three consecutive periods without washing my garment."