Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 357

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ ابْنَةَ جَحْشٍ، كَانَتْ تُسْتَحَاضُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ فَسَأَلَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَيْسَتْ بِالْحَيْضَةِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ عِرْقٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَتْرُكَ الصَّلاَةَ قَدْرَ أَقْرَائِهَا وَحِيضَتِهَا وَتَغْتَسِلَ وَتُصَلِّيَ فَكَانَتْ تَغْتَسِلُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Musa informed us: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from 'Amrah, from 'A'ishah, that a daughter of Jahsh experienced irregular bleeding for seven years. She asked the Prophet (ﷺ), and he said: 'That is not menstruation; it is only a vein.' He instructed her to refrain from prayer for the length of her usual menstrual period, then to perform ghusl and pray. She used to perform ghusl at every prayer.

Translation notes
  • The Arabic gives the transmitter's wording as 'a daughter of Jahsh'; the English witness identifies her as Umm Habibah bint Jahsh. The Arabic chain is included.

  • أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى،

    The English witness omits the chain and identifies the woman more specifically than this Arabic text, which says only 'daughter of Jahsh'.

    Please verify the chain and the source's level of specificity for the woman's name.