Sunan an-Nasa'i
The Book of Menstruation and Istihadah
كتاب الحيض والاستحاضة
Chapter 8
مَا يُنَالُ مِنَ الْحَائِضِ وَتَأْوِيلِ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ } الآيَةَ
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: Sulayman ibn Harb informed us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: When a woman among the Jews menstruated, they would not eat or drink with her, nor have intercourse with her in their houses. They asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about that, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed the verse: 'They ask you about menstruation. Say: It is harm.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) instructed them to eat and drink with menstruating women, keep company with them in their homes, and do everything with them except intercourse. The Jews said: 'The Messenger of Allah leaves nothing of our affairs without opposing us.' Usaid ibn Hudayr and 'Abbad ibn Bishr stood up, went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and asked: 'Shall we have intercourse with them during menstruation?' The Messenger's expression changed severely, until we thought he was angry with them. The two men left. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) received a gift of milk. He sent someone after them and had them brought back, then gave them milk to drink. It was then understood that he had not been angry with them.
Translation notes
The Arabic chain is included. The verse quotation and narrative are translated from this Arabic block; English-only scripture references and footnotes are not included.
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،
The English witness omits the Arabic chain and includes English-only scripture footnotes.
Please verify the translated chain against the Arabic; the extra scripture references are not part of this Arabic block.
قَالَ كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِذَا حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْهُمْ لَمْ يُؤَاكِلُوهُنَّ وَلاَ يُشَارِبُوهُنَّ وَلاَ يُجَامِعُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ فَسَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى } الآيَةَ فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُؤَاكِلُوهُنَّ وَيُشَارِبُوهُنَّ وَيُجَامِعُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ وَأَنْ يَصْنَعُوا بِهِنَّ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ مَا خَلاَ الْجِمَاعَ .
The Arabic phrase about sharing houses could be misread as intercourse, but the following clause explicitly excludes intercourse.
Please verify that this rendering preserves the distinction between household association and the explicitly excluded intercourse.
Chapter 9
ذِكْرِ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى مَنْ أَتَى حَلِيلَتَهُ فِي حَالِ حَيْضِهَا مَعَ عِلْمِهِ بِنَهْىِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
'Amr ibn 'Ali informed us: Yahya narrated to us, from Shu'bah, who said: al-Hakam narrated to me, from 'Abd al-Hamid, from Miqsim, from Ibn 'Abbas, from the Prophet (ﷺ), concerning a man who has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating: He is to give one dinar or half a dinar in charity.
Translation notes
The complete chain is included although the English witness begins with Ibn 'Abbas. The source presents one dinar or half a dinar as alternatives.
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ،
The English witness omits the chain preceding Ibn 'Abbas.
Please verify the chain against the Arabic source.
Chapter 10
مُضَاجَعَةِ الْحَائِضِ فِي ثِيَابِ حَيْضَتِهَا
'Ubaydullah ibn Sa'id informed us: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us. (Another chain:) Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: Mu'adh ibn Hisham informed us; he said: My father narrated to me. (Another chain:) Isma'il ibn Mas'ud informed us: Khalid—Ibn al-Harith—narrated to us: Hisham narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, who said: Abu Salamah narrated to me that Zaynab bint Abi Salamah told him that Umm Salamah told her: I was lying down with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when my menstruation began. I slipped away and took my menstrual clothes. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Have you begun menstruating?' I said: 'Yes.' He called me, and I lay down with him under the khamilah. This is the wording of 'Ubaydullah ibn Sa'id.
Translation notes
The source provides three transmission routes and states that the wording belongs to 'Ubaydullah ibn Sa'id. The English witness omits the routes and adds an explanatory footnote, which is not included.
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ،
The English witness omits all chains, though the Arabic gives three routes and specifies whose wording is reproduced.
Please verify the three transmission routes and the attribution of the wording against the Arabic.
Chapter 11
نَوْمِ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ حَلِيلَتِهِ فِي الشِّعَارِ الْوَاحِدِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna informed us: Yahya narrated to us, from Jabir ibn Subh, who said: I heard Khilas relating from 'A'ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I used to sleep under one shared garment while I was menstruating. If anything of mine got on him, he would wash that spot and no more, then pray in it. He would return, and if anything of mine got on him again, he would do the same: wash that spot and no more, and pray in it.
Translation notes
The Arabic chain is included although the English witness begins with 'A'ishah. The source repeats the washing and prayer sequence if something touched him again.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى،
The English witness omits the chain before 'A'ishah.
Please verify the chain against the Arabic source.
Chapter 12
مُبَاشَرَةِ الْحَائِضِ
Qutaybah narrated to us: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from 'Amr ibn Shurahbil, from 'A'ishah, who said: When one of us was menstruating, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would tell her to secure her waist wrapper, then be intimate with her.
Translation notes
The Arabic says to secure/tighten the waist wrapper before intimacy; the chain is included although omitted in the English witness.
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ،
The English witness omits the chain, and its wording does not explicitly convey the instruction to secure the wrapper tightly.
Please verify the full chain and the waist-wrapper instruction against the Arabic.
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: Jarir informed us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from 'A'ishah, who said: When one of us menstruated, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would tell her to put on a waist wrapper, then be intimate with her.
Translation notes
The complete chain is included. This wording says to wear a waist wrapper before intimacy.
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،
The English witness omits the Arabic transmission chain.
Please verify the chain against the Arabic source.
Chapter 13
ذِكْرِ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصْنَعُهُ إِذَا حَاضَتْ إِحْدَى نِسَائِهِ .
Hannad ibn al-Sari informed us, from Ibn 'Ayyash—Abu Bakr—from Sadaqah ibn Sa'id. Then he mentioned a phrase to this effect: Jumay' ibn 'Umayr narrated to us. He said: I entered upon 'A'ishah with my mother and my maternal aunt, and they asked her: 'What would the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) do when one of you menstruated?' She said: 'When one of us menstruated, he would tell her to wrap herself in a wide waist wrapper; then he would draw close to her chest and breasts.'
Translation notes
The Arabic chain and a transmission phrase meaning 'then he mentioned words to this effect' are included. The English witness omits the chain and duplicates a word in the question.
أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ،
The English witness omits the transmission material and has a duplicated-word typo in the question.
Please verify the chain and the phrase marking the narrator's paraphrase against the Arabic.
Al-Harith ibn Miskin informed us—this was read to him while I listened—from Ibn Wahb, from Yunus and al-Layth, from Ibn Shihab, from Habib, the freedman of 'Urwah, from Budayyah—the name al-Layth used was Nadbah—the freedwoman of Maymunah, from Maymunah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would be intimate with one of his wives while she was menstruating, provided she wore a waist wrapper that reached halfway down her thighs and to her knees. In al-Layth's version, she wrapped it around herself.
Translation notes
The Arabic preserves a narrator-name variation, Budayyah/Nadbah, and says the waist wrapper reached halfway down the thighs and to the knees; al-Layth's version adds that she bound it around herself.
مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ بُدَيَّةَ،
The source gives two forms of this narrator's name, Budayyah and Nadbah.
Please verify the narrator-name variant against the Arabic.
- وَكَانَ اللَّيْثُ يَقُولُ نَدَبَةَ - مَوْلاَةِ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ وَالرُّكْبَتَيْنِ فِي حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ تَحْتَجِزُ بِهِ .
The English witness uses 'or' between halfway down the thighs and the knees, while the Arabic has 'and', and it omits the note that al-Layth's version says she wrapped it around herself.
Please verify the garment description and retain the al-Layth-version note.
Chapter 14
مُؤَاكَلَةِ الْحَائِضِ وَالشُّرْبِ مِنْ سُؤْرِهَا
Qutaybah ibn Sa'id ibn Jamil ibn Tarif informed us: Yazid ibn al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh ibn Hani informed us, from his father, from Shurayh, that he asked 'A'ishah: 'May a woman eat with her husband while she is menstruating?' She said: 'Yes. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would invite me to eat with him while I was menstruating. He would take a bone with some meat on it and urge me to eat from it. I would eat some from it and set it down; then he would take it and eat from it, placing his mouth where I had placed mine on the bone. He would ask for a drink and urge me to drink before he drank. I would take it and drink, then set it down; he would take it and drink, placing his mouth where I had placed mine on the cup.'
Translation notes
The full Arabic chain is included. The English witness omits it; the narrative details of sharing both the bone and the drink are retained.
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جَمِيلِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ،
The English witness begins with Shurayh and omits the preceding chain.
Please verify the complete chain against the Arabic source.
Ayyub ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan informed me: 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far narrated to us: 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Amr narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, from his father, from 'A'ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would place his mouth where I had drunk and drink from what remained of my drink while I was menstruating.
Translation notes
The complete chain is translated; the English witness includes only al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh and his father.
أَخْبَرَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَزَّانُ،
The English witness omits the chain before al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh.
Please verify the full chain against the Arabic source.
Chapter 15
الاِنْتِفَاعِ بِفَضْلِ الْحَائِضِ
Muhammad ibn Mansur informed us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Mis'ar, from al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, from his father, who said: I heard 'A'ishah say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would hand me the vessel, and I would drink from it while menstruating. Then I would hand it to him, and he would seek out the place where my mouth had touched it and put it to his mouth.
Translation notes
The Arabic chain is included. The English witness begins with al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh and his father.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ،
The English witness omits transmitters preceding al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh.
Please verify the complete chain against the Arabic source.
Mahmud ibn Ghaylan informed us: Waki' narrated to us; Mis'ar and Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, from his father, from 'A'ishah, who said: While menstruating, I would drink from a cup, then hand it to the Prophet (ﷺ). He would place his mouth where mine had been and drink from it. While menstruating, I would eat meat from a bone, then hand it to the Prophet (ﷺ), and he would place his mouth where mine had been.
Translation notes
The full chain is included, including both Mis'ar and Sufyan as transmitters. The Arabic names a cup and a bone with meat on it.
أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ،
The English witness omits the Arabic transmission chain.
Please verify the chain, including both named transmitters, against the Arabic source.
Chapter 16
الرَّجُلِ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَرَأْسُهُ فِي حِجْرِ امْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim and 'Ali ibn Hujr informed us—the wording is his. They both said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Mansur, from his mother, from 'A'ishah, who said: The head of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would be in the lap of one of us while she was menstruating, and he would recite the Qur'an.
Translation notes
The Arabic names two transmitters and specifies that the wording is that of 'Ali ibn Hujr; the English witness omits these transmission details.
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،
The English witness omits the transmitters and the note identifying whose wording is reproduced.
Please verify the chain and wording attribution against the Arabic.
Chapter 17
سُقُوطِ الصَّلاَةِ عَنِ الْحَائِضِ،
'Amr ibn Zurarah informed us: Isma'il informed us, from Ayyub, from Abu Qilabah, from Mu'adhah al-'Adawiyyah, who said: A woman asked 'A'ishah: 'Should a menstruating woman make up the prayers?' She said: 'Are you a Haruriyyah? We used to menstruate in the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but we did not make up the prayers, nor were we commanded to make them up.'
Translation notes
The Arabic chain is included, and the term Haruriyyah is retained without importing the explanatory English-only footnote.
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ،
The English witness omits the Arabic chain and adds an explanatory footnote not present in the Arabic text.
Please verify the chain; the additional English-only explanation is not included in this translation.
Chapter 18
اسْتِخْدَامِ الْحَائِضِ
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna informed us: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Kaysan, who said: Abu Hazim narrated to me. Abu Hurairah said: While the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in the mosque, he said: 'A'ishah, hand me the garment.' She said: 'I am not praying.' He said: 'It is not in your hand.' So she handed it to him.
Translation notes
The full chain is included, while the English witness begins with Abu Hurairah. The Arabic dialogue says 'I am not praying' and 'It is not in your hand'.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى،
The English witness omits the transmission chain.
Please verify the full chain against the Arabic source.
Qutaybah narrated to us, from 'Ubaydah, from al-A'mash. (Another chain:) Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: Jarir narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Thabit ibn 'Ubayd, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, who said: 'A'ishah said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: 'Hand me the khumrah from the mosque.' I said: 'I am menstruating.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Your menstruation is not in your hand.'
Translation notes
The Arabic includes two transmission routes: the first through 'Ubaydah and al-A'mash, and a second detailed chain. The witness includes only the report. Khumrah is retained as the name of the small prayer mat.
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ،
The English witness omits both transmission routes.
Please verify both chains against the Arabic source.
Ishaq said: Abu Mu'awiyah informed us, from al-A'mash, with the same chain and a similar report.
Translation notes
This source block is an alternate chain and says the report is similar to the one in the preceding block.
Chapter 19
بَسْطِ الْحَائِضِ الْخُمْرَةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
Muhammad ibn Mansur informed us, from Sufyan, from Manbuth, from his mother, that Maymunah said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would rest his head in the lap of one of us and recite the Qur'an while she was menstruating. One of us would carry his khumrah to the mosque and spread it out while she was menstruating.
Translation notes
The full chain through Manbuth and his mother is included although the witness begins with Maymunah. Khumrah is retained as the mat carried to the mosque.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ،
The English witness omits the Arabic chain.
Please verify the chain against the Arabic source.
Chapter 20
تَرْجِيلِ الْحَائِضِ رَأْسَ زَوْجِهَا وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
Nasr ibn 'Ali informed us: 'Abd al-A'la narrated to us: Ma'mar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from 'Urwah, from 'A'ishah, that she used to comb the Messenger of Allah's (ﷺ) hair while she was menstruating and he was in retreat for worship (i'tikaf). He would bring his head to her while she was in her room.
Translation notes
The Arabic chain is included; the English witness begins with 'A'ishah. The verb refers to combing or grooming his hair.
أَخْبَرَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ،
The English witness omits the Arabic transmission chain.
Please verify the full chain against the Arabic source.
Chapter 21
غَسْلِ الْحَائِضِ رَأْسَ زَوْجِهَا
'Amr ibn 'Ali informed us: Yahya narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to me: Mansur narrated to me, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from 'A'ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), while in retreat for worship (i'tikaf), would bring his head close to me, and I would wash it while I was menstruating.
Translation notes
The complete chain is included although the witness attributes the statement directly to 'A'ishah.
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ،
The English witness omits the Arabic chain.
Please verify the complete chain against the Arabic source.