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ahmad:24041Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out for me while he was performing I'tikaf [1] and I would wash it, when I was menstruating." [1] Mujawir ("next door") here means while performing I'tikaf. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 276)   

أحمد:٢٤٠٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْتَكِفُ فَيُخْرِجُ إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:2028Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to (put) bend his head (out) to me while he was in Iʿtikaf in the mosque during my monthly periods and I would comb and oil his hair.  

البخاري:٢٠٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصْغِي إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ وَهْوَ مُجَاوِرٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

bukhari:2030Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to embrace me during my menses. He also used to put his head out of the mosque while he was in Iʿtikaf, and I would wash it during my menses.  

البخاري:٢٠٣٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُنِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ وَكَانَ يُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهْوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

muslim:297cHārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Nawfal > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ put out from the mosque his head for me as he was in I'tikaf, and I washed it in the state that I was menstruating.  

مسلم:٢٩٧cوَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُخْرِجُ إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ مُجَاوِرٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

nasai:387ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out while he was performing I'tikaf and I would wash it, while I was menstruating."  

النسائي:٣٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُدْنِي إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

nasai:388Qutaybah > al-Fuḍayl / Ibn ʿIyāḍ > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to put his head out of the Masjid while he was performing I'tikaf, and I would wash it, while I was menstruating."  

النسائي:٣٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

nasai:275ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out while he was in I'tikaf and I would wash it, while I was menstruating."  

النسائي:٢٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُومِئُ إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

nasai:276Muḥammad b. Salamah > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith Wadhakar Ākhar > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out for me while he was performing I'tikaf [1] and I would wash it, when I was menstruating." [1] Mujawir ("next door") here means while performing I'tikaf.  

النسائي:٢٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَذَكَرَ آخَرُ عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُخْرِجُ إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ مُجَاوِرٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

abudawud:2469Sulaymān b. Ḥarb And Musaddad > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe I'tikaf in the mosque and put his head near me through the opening of the apartment, and I would wash his head. Musaddad said: "And I would comb it while I was menstruating."  

أبو داود:٢٤٦٩حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُسَدَّدٌ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَكُونُ مُعْتَكِفًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَيُنَاوِلُنِي رَأْسَهُ مِنْ خَلَلِ الْحُجْرَةِ فَأَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

ibnmajah:633Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet used to bring his head close to me when I was menstruaring and he was in I'tikaf (seclusion in a mosques for the purpose of worship), and I would wash it and comb his hair."  

ابن ماجة:٦٣٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُدْنِي رَأْسَهُ إِلَىَّ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ وَهُوَ مُجَاوِرٌ تَعْنِي مُعْتَكِفًا فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأُرَجِّلُهُ  

ibnmajah:1778ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to bring his head towards me when he was next door (observing I’tikaf), and I would wash it and comb his hair, when I was in my apartment and I was menstruating, and he was in the mosque.”  

ابن ماجة:١٧٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُدْنِي إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُجَاوِرٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَأَنَا فِي حُجْرَتِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ  

ahmad:25927Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash And Yaʿlá > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

"I used to comb the hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when I was menstruating." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 277)   

أحمد:٢٥٩٢٧حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ وَيَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنْتُ أَغْسِلُ رَأْسَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَاكِفٌ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

ahmad:25374Hushaym > Mughīrah > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She used to wash the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while she was menstruating and he was in seclusion, taking his head out from the mosque to the chamber.  

أحمد:٢٥٣٧٤حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُغِيرَةُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَغْسِلُ رَأْسَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ يُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَى الْحُجْرَةِ  

ahmad:26248Yūnus > Ḥammād > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was secluding himself in the mosque when he would stick his head out. I would wash it with a khitami (cloth used for cleaning). However, I was menstruating.  

أحمد:٢٦٢٤٨حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُعْتَكِفًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِفَيُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ فَأَغْسِلُهُ بِالْخِطْمِيِّ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

ahmad:24238Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sit next to me in the mosque and lean his head towards me, so I would push him away while I was menstruating.  

أحمد:٢٤٢٣٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُجَاوِرُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَيُصْغِي إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ ﷺ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

darimi:1106ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Sulaymān > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out for me while he was performing I'tikaf [1] and I would wash it, when I was menstruating." [1] Mujawir ("next door") here means while performing I'tikaf. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 276)   

الدارمي:١١٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُخْرِجُ إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَغْسِلُهُ يَعْنِي وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُعْتَكِفِ غَسْلَ رَأْسِهِ، وَالِاسْتِعَانَةَ عَلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِهِ

ibnhibban:3668ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Jarjarāʾī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to wash his head while he was in seclusion."  

ابن حبّان:٣٦٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْجَرْجَرَائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ يَعْتَكِفُ فَأَغْسِلُهُ»  

nasai-kubra:265ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out while he was in I'tikaf and I would wash it, while I was menstruating." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 275)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يُومِئُ إِلَيَّ بِرَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3365Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to embrace me during my menses. He also used to put his head out of the mosque while he was in Iʿtikaf, and I would wash it during my menses. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2030)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَيَأْمُرُنِي فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3366Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out for me while he was performing I'tikaf [1] and I would wash it, when I was menstruating." [1] Mujawir ("next door") here means while performing I'tikaf. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 276)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُخْرِجُ إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ»  

nasai-kubra:3369Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Fuḍayl / Ibn ʿIyāḍ > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to put his head out of the Masjid while he was performing I'tikaf, and I would wash it, while I was menstruating." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 388)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3372Abū Bakr b. ʿAlī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to seclude himself in the mosque and would put his head out so that I could wash his head with Al-Khitmi while I was on my period.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٧٢أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مُعْتَكِفًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَيُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ فَأَغْسِلُهُ بِالْخِطْمِيِّ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ»