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abudawud:267Yazīd b. Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab al-Ramlī > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah > Nudbah Mawlāh Maymūnah > Maymūnah

The Prophet ﷺ would contact and embrace any of his wives while she was menstruating. She would wear the wrapper up to half the the thighs or cover her knees with it.  

أبو داود:٢٦٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ نُدْبَةَ مَوْلاَةِ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ الْفَخِذَيْنِ أَوِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ تَحْتَجِزُ بِهِ  


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nasai:376al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus Wa-al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would fondle one of his wives when she was menstruating, if she wore and Izar (waist wrap) that reached halfway down her thighs or to her knees.  

النسائي:٣٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ وَاللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ

عَنْ بُدَيَّةَ وَكَانَ اللَّيْثُ يَقُولُ نَدَبَةَ مَوْلاَةِ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ وَالرُّكْبَتَيْنِ فِي حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ تَحْتَجِزُ بِهِ  

ahmad:26850Ḥajjāj And ʾAbū Kāmil > Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah > Nudbah Mawlāh Maymūnah

The Prophet ﷺ would contact and embrace any of his wives while she was menstruating. She would wear the wrapper up to half the the thighs or cover her knees with it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 267)   

أحمد:٢٦٨٥٠حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ نُدْبَةَ مَوْلَاةِ مَيْمُونَةَ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ أَوِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ مُحْتَجِزَةً بِهِ  

ahmad:26853ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Nudbah Mawlāh Maymūnah > Maymūnah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to have sexual intercourse with his wives while they were menstruating, with a cloth covering them from the knee or halfway down the thigh.  

أحمد:٢٦٨٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ نُدْبَةَ مَوْلَاةِ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ حَائِضًا تَكُونُ عَلَيْهَا الْخِرْقَةُ إِلَى الرُّكْبَةِ أَوْ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ الْفَخِذِ  

darimi:1097ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah > Nudbah Mawlāh Maymūnah

The Prophet ﷺ would contact and embrace any of his wives while she was menstruating. She would wear the wrapper up to half the the thighs or cover her knees with it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 267)   

الدارمي:١٠٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ نُدْبَةَ مَوْلَاةِ مَيْمُونَةَ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ أَوِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ مُحْتَجِزَةً بِهِ»  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الِاتِّزَارِ الَّذِي تَسْتَعْمِلُ الْحَائِضُ عِنْدَ مُضَاجَعَةِ زَوْجِهَا إِيَّاهَا

ibnhibban:1365Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah > Nudbah Mawlāh Maymūnah

The Prophet ﷺ would contact and embrace any of his wives while she was menstruating. She would wear the wrapper up to half the the thighs or cover her knees with it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 267)   

ابن حبّان:١٣٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ نُدْبَةَ مَوْلَاةِ مَيْمُونَةَ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ أَوِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ فَتَحْتَجِزُ بِهِ»  

tabarani:20484[Chain 1] Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth [Chain 2] Bakr b. Sahl > Shuʿayb b. Yaḥyá > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah > Nudbah Mawlāh Maymūnah > Maymūnah

The Prophet ﷺ would contact and embrace any of his wives while she was menstruating. She would wear the wrapper up to half the the thighs or cover her knees with it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 267)  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٨٤حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ نُدْبَةَ مَوْلَاةِ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ أَوِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ تَحْتَجِزُهُ بِهِ»  

tabarani:20485Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad al-Wāsiṭī > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > al-Zuhrī > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah > Mawlāh Maymūnah

[Machine] "Narrated by Maymuna, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , she said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have intimate relations with his wives while they were menstruating, as long as they were wearing a waist-wrapper that covered halfway down the thighs or the knees.'"  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ مَوْلَاةِ مَيْمُونَةَ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ أَوِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ»  

nasai-kubra:276Asmaʿ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus Wa-al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would fondle one of his wives while she was menstruating, if she wore an Izar (waist wrap) that reached halfway down to the middle of her thighs or to her knees." In the narration of Al-Laith: "Being covered with it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 287)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٧٦الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ وَاللَّيْثِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ بُدَيَّةَ وَكَانَ اللَّيْثُ يَقُولُ نَدْبَةَ مَوْلَاةِ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ وَالوَرِكَيْنِ» وَفِي حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ مُحْتَجِزَتَهُ  

bayhaqi:1502Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān> ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar b. Durustūwayh > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Abū Ṣāliḥ And Ibn Bukayr And ʾAḥmad b. Yūnus And Ibn Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥabīb a freed slave of ʿUrwah

The Prophet ﷺ would contact and embrace any of his wives while she was menstruating. She would wear the wrapper up to half the the thighs or cover her knees with it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 267)   

البيهقي:١٥٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ دُرُسْتُوَيْهِ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ وَابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ وَابْنُ رُمْحٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ

عَنْ نُدْبَةَ مَوْلَاةِ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ يَبْلُغُ أَنْصَافَ الْفَخِذَيْنِ أَوِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ مُحْتَجِزَةً بِهِ