Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

كتاب الطهارة

Chapter 133: A Woman Washes Her Garment That She Wears During Her Menses [To Pray In]

Asma' daughter of Abu Bakr said

I heard a woman asking the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): What should any of us to with her clothe (in which she menstruated) when she becomes purified ? Can she pray in that (clothe) ? He said: She should see; if she finds blood in it, she should scratch it with some water and (in case of doubt) sprinkle upon it (some water) and pray so long as she does not find (any blood).

Asma' daughter of Abu Bakr said

A woman asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Messenger of Allah, what do you think if the clothe of any of us smeared with the blood of menstruation; what should she do ? He said: If (the clothe of) any of you is smeared with blood of menstruation, she should scratch it; then she should sprinkle water upon it and then she may pray.

This tradition has been transmitted by Hisham through a different chain of narrators to the same effect

Rub it off (with a stone), and then scratch it (with finger) by pouring water, then sprinkle water upon it.

Narrated Umm Qays daughter of Mihsan

I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the blood of menstruation on the clothe. He said: Erase it off with a piece of wood and then wash it away with water and the leaves of the lote-tree.

'Aishah said

One of us would have a shirt in which she would menstruate and in it she became sexually defiled. Then if she ever saw any drop of blood in it, she would rub it off by applying her saliva.

Abu Hurairah reported that Khawlah daughter of Yasar came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said

Messenger of Allah, I have only one clothe and I menstruate in it, how should I do ? He said: When you are purified, wash it and pray in it. She asked: If the blood is not removed, (then what) ? He said: It is enough for you to wash the blood, its mark will not do any harm to you.

Chapter 134: Praying In A Garment In Which He Has Engaged In Intercourse

Narrated Umm Habibah

Mu'awiyah ibn AbuSufyan asked his sister Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ): Would the apostle of Allah (ﷺ) pray in the clothe in which he had an intercourse? She said: Yes, when he would not see any impurity in it.

Chapter 135: Praying In Women's Shu'ur (Garments)

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not pray in our wrappers or in our quilts.

Ubaydullah said: My father (Mu'adh) doubted this.

'Aishah said

The Prophet (ﷺ) would not in our quilts. Hammad said: I heard Sa'id b. Abi Sadaqah say: I asked Muhammad (b. Sirin) about it. He did not narrate it to me, but said: I heard it a long time ago and I do not know whom I heard it. I do not know whether I heard it from a trustworthy person or not. Make an inquiry about it.

Chapter 136: Concession In This Regard

Maimunah reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed on a sheet of cloth put on by one of his wives who was menstruating. He was praying while (a part of) it was upon him.

'Aishah said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray at night while I lay by his side during my menstrual period. A sheet of cloth would be partly on me and partly on him.

Chapter 137: A Garment With A Seminal Fluid On It

Hammam b. al-Harith reported, he has a sexual dream when he was staying with 'Aishah. The slave girl of 'Aishah saw him while he was washing the mark of defilement, or he was washing his clothe. She informed 'Aishah who said

Abu Dawud said: Al-A'mash narrated it as narrated by al-Hakam.

'Aishah reported

Abu Dawud said: Mughirah, Abu Ma'shar, and Wasil also narrated it to the same effect.

Sulaiman b. Yasar reported

I heard 'Aishah say that she would wash semen from the clothe of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She added: Then I would see a mark or marks (after washing).

Chapter 138: A Child's Urine Splashes On A Garment

Umm Qais daughter of Mihsan reported that she came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with her little son who had not attained the age of eating food. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) seated him in his lap, and he urinated on his clothe. He sent for water and sprayed it (over his clothe) and did not wash it.

Narrated Lubabah daughter of al-Harith

Al-Husayn ibn Ali was (sitting) in the lap of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He passed water on him. I said: Put on (another) clothe, and give me your wrapper to wash. He said: The urine of a female child should be washed (thoroughly) and the urine of a male child should be sprinkled over.

Narrated AbusSamh

I used to serve the Prophet (ﷺ). Whenever he intended to wash himself, he would say: Turn your back towards me, So I would turn my back and hide him. (Once) Hasan or Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them) was brought to him and he passed water on his chest. I came to wash it. He said: It is only the urine of a female which should be washed; the urine of a male should be sprinkled over.

'Abbas (a narrator) said: Yahya b. al-Walid narrated the tradition to us. Abu Dawud said: He (Yahya) is Abu al-Za'ra'. Harun b. Tamim said on the authority of al-Hasan: All sorts of urine are equal.

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib

The urine of a female (child) should be washed and the urine of a male (child) should be sprinkled over until the age of eating.

'Ali b. Abi Talib reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying

He narrated the tradition to the same effect, but he did not mention the words "until the age of eating". This version adds: Qatadah said: This is valid until the time they do not eat food; when they begin to eat, their urine should be washed.

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin

Al-Hasan reported on the authority of his mother that she was Umm Salamah pouring water on the urine of the male child until the age when he did not eat food. When he began to eat food, she would wash (his urine). And she would wash the urine of the female child.