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ahmad:24861Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Mihzam > Karīmah Āb.ah Hammām

[Machine] I entered the Al-Masjid al-Haram and I found Aisha alone, so a woman asked her, "What do you say, O Mother of the Believers, about henna?" She replied, "My beloved ﷺ liked its color but disliked its smell, and it is not forbidden for you to apply it between two menstrual cycles or during every menstrual cycle."  

أحمد:٢٤٨٦١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِهْزَمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي كَرِيمَةُ ابْنَةُ هَمَّامٍ قَالَتْ

دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ فَأَخْلَوْهُ لِعَائِشَةَ فَسَأَلَتْهَا امْرَأَةٌ مَا تَقُولِي يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الْحِنَّاءِ؟ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ حَبِيبِي ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ لَوْنُهُ وَيَكْرَهُ رِيحَهُ وَلَيْسَ بِمُحَرَّمٍ عَلَيْكُنَّ بَيْنَ كُلِّ حَيْضَتَيْنِ أَوْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ حَيْضَةٍ