The Book of Purification and its Sunnah

كتاب الطهارة وسننها

Chapter 127: Concerning what a woman sees of yellowish or brownish discharge after becoming pure (of menstruation)

It was narrated from Umm Bakr that

She was told that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah said concerning a woman who sees that which causes her doubt (i.e. some bleeding) after she becomes pure: 'That is a vein or veins.'" (Da'if)"What was meant by 'after becomes pure' is after having a bath (following the end of her period)."

It was narrated that Umm 'Atiyyah said

"We did not think anything of the yellowish or brownish discharge." (Sahih)(Another chain) It was narrated that Umm 'Atiyyah said: "We did not think that the yellowish or brownish discharge counted for anything."Muhammad bin Yahya said: "Wuhaib (who narrated the second version) is the better of them with this according to us."

Chapter 128: How long should women in postnatal bleeding wait (before praying, etc.)?

It was narrated that Umm Salamah said

"At the time of the Messenger of Allah, women in postnatal bleeding (after childbirth) used to wait for forty days, and we used to put Wars on our faces because of freckles."

It was narrated that Anas said

"The Messenger of Allah set the time for postnatal bleeding at forty days, except for one who becomes pure before that."

Chapter 129: One who has intercourse with his wife when she is menstruating

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said

"If a man had intercourse with his wife while she was menstruating, the Prophet commanded him to give half a Dinar in charity."

Chapter 130: Eating with a menstruating woman

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Sa'd said

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about eating with a menstruating woman and he said: 'Eat with her.'"

Chapter 131: Performing prayer in the garment of a menstruating woman

It was narrated that 'Aishah said

"The Messenger of Allah was performing prayer, and I was by his side. I was menstruating, and I was wearing a wool cloak, and part of it was over him."

It was narrated from Maimunah that

The Messenger of Allah performed prayer wearing a wool cloak. Part of it was over him and part was over her, and she was menstruating.

Chapter 132: If a girl has menstruated, she should not pray unless she is wearing a head cover

It was narrated from 'Aishah that

The Prophet entered upon her, and a freed slave girl of hers concealed herself. The Prophet asked: "Have her periods begun?" She said: "Yes." He tore a piece of his turban and said: "Cover your head with this."

It was narrated from 'Aishah that

The Prophet said: "Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman who menstruates (i.e., an adult woman) except with a head cover."

Chapter 133: A menstruating woman may dye herself

It was narrated from Mu'adh that

A woman asked 'Aishah: "Can a woman who is menstruating, dye her hands?" She said: "We were with the Prophet and we used to dye our hands, and he did not tell us not to do that."

Chapter 134: Wiping over splints

It was narrated that 'Ali bin Abu Talib said

"I broke one of my forearms and I asked the Prophet about that. He told me to wipe over the bandages." (Maudu')Another chain with similar meaning.

Chapter 135: Saliva that gets on clothes

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said

"I saw the Prophet carrying Hasan bin 'Ali on his shoulder, and his saliva was dripping down on him."

Chapter 136: Spitting into a vessel

It was narrated from 'Abdul Jabbar bin Wa'il that his father said

"A bucket was brought to the Prophet; he rinsed his mouth and spat into it, and it was like musk or better than musk, and he rinsed his nostrils outside the bucket."

It was narrated from Zuhri that

Mahmud bin Rabi' remembered that the Prophet spat into a bucket from a well that belonged to them.

Chapter 137: Prohibition of seeing one’s brother’s private areas

It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri from his father that

The Messenger of Allah said: "No woman should look at the nakedness of another woman, and no man should look at the nakedness of another man."

It was narrated from a freed slave of 'Aishah that

'Aishah said: "I never looked at (or I never saw) the private part of the Messenger of Allah." (Da'if)(One of the narrators) Abu Bakr (Ibn Abu Shaibah) said: "Abu Nu'aim would say: '(From) a freed female slave of 'Aishah.'"

Chapter 138: One who bathed to cleanse himself from sexual impurity and there remained a spot on his body that was not touched by water: what should he do?

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas

"The Prophet bathed to cleanse himself from sexual impurity, then he saw a spot that the water did not reach." Then he motioned with the hair hanging over his shoulders and squeezed (the water from it) over that spot." (Da'if)In his narration, Ishaq said: "So he wrung his hair over it."

It was narrated that 'Ali said

"A man came to the Prophet and said: 'I bathed to cleanse myself from sexual impurity, and I prayed Fajr, then I noticed a spot the size of a fingernail that the water did not reach.' The Messenger of Allah said: 'If you had wiped it that would have been sufficient for you.'"

Chapter 139: One who performed ablution and left a place where water did not reach.

It was narrated from Anas that

A man came to the Prophet; he had performed ablution and has missed a spot the size of a fingernail where water had not reached. The Prophet said to him: 'Go back and perform ablution properly.'"