Volume 1, Book 6, Number 318:
Narrated Mu’adha:
A woman asked ‘Aisha, “Should I offer the prayers that which I did not offer because of menses”
‘Aisha said, “Are you from the Huraura’ (a town in Iraq?) We were with the Prophet and used to get
our periods but he never ordered us to offer them (the Prayers missed during menses).” ‘Aisha per –
haps said, “We did not offer them.”
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 319:
Narrated Zainab bint Abi Salama:
Um-Salama said, “I got my menses while I was lying with the Prophet under a woolen sheet. So I
slipped away, took the clothes for menses and put them on. Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Have you got your
menses?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ Then he called me and took me with him under the woolen sheet.” Um
Salama further said, “The Prophet used to kiss me while he was fasting. The Prophet and I used to
take the bath of Janaba from a single pot.”
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Volume 1, Book 6, Number 320:
Narrated Um Salama:
While I was lying with the Prophet under a woolen sheet, I got my menses. I slipped away and put
on the clothes for menses. The Prophet said, “Have you got your menses?” I replied, “Yes.” He called
me and I slept with him under the woolen sheet.
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 307:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
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“One of the wives of Allah’s Apostle joined him in l’tikaf and she noticed blood and yellowish dis –
charge (from her private parts) and put a dish under her when she prayed.”
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 308:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
One of the mothers of the faithful believers (i.e. the wives of the Prophet ) did l’tikaf while she was
having bleeding in between her periods.
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 309:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
None of us had more than a single garment and we used to have our menses while wearing it.
Whenever it got soiled with blood of menses we used to apply saliva to the blood spot and rub off the
blood with our nails.
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 310:
Narrated Um-‘Atiya:
We were forbidden to mourn for a dead person for more than three days except in the case of a
husband for whom mourning was allowed for four months and ten days. (During that time) we were
not allowed to put ko,hl (Antimony eye power) in our eyes or to use perfumes or to put on colored
clothes except a dress made of ‘Asb (a kind of Yemen cloth, very coarse and rough). We were allowed
very light perfumes at the time of taking a bath after menses and also we were forbidden to go with
the funeral procession .
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 301:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Once Allah’s Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) o ‘Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer.
Then he passed by the women and said, “O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the
dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women).” They asked, “Why is it so, O Allah’s Apostle ?” He replied,
“You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in
intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.” The
women asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He said, “Is not
the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They replied in the affirmative. He
said, “This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn’t it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast
during her menses?” The women replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in her re –
ligion.”