Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 556

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ إِذَا حِضْتُ نَزَلْتُ عَن الْمِثَال على الْحَصِير فَلم نقرب رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ ندن مِنْهُ حَتَّى نطهر. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

ʿĀʾisha said: ‘Whenever I menstruated, I would leave the bed and lie on the reed mat. We would neither approach the Messenger of Allah nor draw near to him until I became pure.’ Abū Dāwūd transmitted it. (Graded ḍaʿīf.)