Volume 1, Book 4, Number 228:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Fatima bint Abi Hubaish came to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle I get persistent bleeding
from the uterus and do not become clean. Shall I give up my prayers?” Allah’s Apostle replied, “No,
because it is from a blood vessel and not the menses. So when your real menses begins give up your
prayers and when it has finished wash off the blood (take a bath) and offer your prayers.” Hisham
(the sub narrator) narrated that his father had also said, (the Prophet told her): “Perform ablution for
every prayer till the time of the next period comes.”
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 229:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
I used to wash the traces of Janaba (semen) from the clothes of the Prophet and he used to go for
prayers while traces of water were still on it (water spots were still visible).
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 214:
Narrated Suwaid bin Nu’man:
In the year of the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah’s Apostle till we reached As-Sahba’ where
Allah’s Apostle led the ‘Asr prayer and asked for the food. Nothing but Sawiq was brought and we ate
it and drank (water). The Prophet got up for the (Maghrib) Prayer, rinsed his mouth with water and
then led the prayer without repeating the ablution.
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 215:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
Once the Prophet, while passing through one of the grave-yards of Medina or Mecca heard the
voices of two persons who were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet said, “These two persons
are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid).” The Prophet then added, “Yes! (they are being tor –
tured for a major sin). Indeed, one of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine
while the other used to go about with calumnies (to make enmiy between friends). The Prophet then
asked for a green leaf of a date-palm tree, broke it into two pieces and put one on each grave. On be –
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ing asked why he had done so, he replied, “I hope that their torture might be lessened, till these get
dried.”
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 216:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Whenever the Prophet went to answer the call of nature, I used to bring water with which he used
to clean his private parts.
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 217:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet once passed by two graves and said, “These two persons are being tortured not for a
major sin (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine, while the
other used to go about with calumnies(to make enmity between friends).” The Prophet then took a
green leaf of a date-palm tree, split it into (pieces) and fixed one on each grave. They said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Why have you done so?” He replied, “I hope that their punishment might be lessened till
these (the pieces of the leaf) become dry.” (See the foot-note of Hadith 215).
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 218:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet saw a Bedouin making water in the mosque and told the people not to disturb him.
When he finished, the Prophet asked for some water and poured it over (the urine).
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 219:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A Bedouin stood up and started making water in the mosque. The people caught him but the
Prophet ordered them to leave him and to pour a bucket or a tumbler of water over the place where
he had passed the urine. The Prophet then said, “You have been sent to make things easy and not to
make them difficult.”