Volume 1, Book 6, Number 307:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 1 > BOOK 6: MENSTRUAL PERIODS
“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.”
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 293:
Narrated Al-Qasim:
‘Aisha said, “We set out with the sole intention of performing Hajj and when we reached Sarif, (a
place six miles from Mecca) I got my menses. Allah’s Apostle came to me while I was weeping. He
said ‘What is the matter with you? Have you got your menses?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is a thing
which Allah has ordained for the daughters of Adam. So do what all the pilgrims do with the excep –
tion of the Taw-af (Circumambulation) round the Ka’ba.” ‘Aisha added, “Allah’s Apostle sacrificed
cows on behalf of his wives.”
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 294:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
While in menses, I used to comb the hair of Allah’s Apostle .
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 295:
Narrated ‘Urwa:
A person asked me, “Can a woman in menses serve me? And can a Junub woman come close to
me?” I replied, “All this is easy for me. All of them can serve me, and there is no harm for any other
person to do the same. ‘Aisha told me that she used to comb the hair of Allah’s Apostle while she was
in her menses, and he was in Itikaf (in the mosque). He would bring his head near her in her room
and she would comb his hair, while she used to be in her menses.”