[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about menstruation, and he said: "She should sit during the days of her menstrual period, then she should purify herself after every menstrual discharge, then she should perform Ghusl (ritual bath), then she should pray." Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq Ja'far ibn Sulaiman said: "There is some discrepancy regarding this narration. Ibn Jurayj and Abu Zubayr do not know this narration from any other source. And with a similar narration, there is no strong evidence. There is a difference of opinion regarding it." The sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "And it has been narrated from Ali that she should perform Ghusl every day, and in one narration, after every prayer. And it has been narrated from Ibn Abbas that she should perform Ghusl after every prayer, and in another narration, when the Ghusl becomes intense, he ordered her to combine between the two prayers. And it has been narrated from Ibn Umar and Anas ibn Malik that she should perform Ghusl from one state of purity to another. And in one narration from Aisha, similar to that, and in another narration, Ghusl every day. And in another narration from Ali, Ibn Abbas, and Aisha, Wudhu' for every prayer. And in what has been permitted to me by Abu Abdullah Al-Hafidh, narrating from him, from Abu Al-Abbas, from Ar-Rabi'ah, from Ash-Shafi'i, he said: "And in the narration of Humaynah, the Prophet ﷺ said to her: "If you are strong, then combine between Dhuhr and Asr prayers with one Ghusl, and between Maghrib and Isha prayers with one Ghusl, and pray Fajr with one Ghusl." And I inform her that these are the most beloved things to him for her, and that the first matter is sufficient for her, which is to purify herself after the menstrual discharge, and then he did not command her to perform Ghusl afterward. He said: "And if a suspended narration has been reported regarding menstruation, then the narration of Humaynah clarifies that it is a choice, and that a person is excused for not doing it."  

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ فَقَالَ تَقْعُدُ أَيَّامَ أَقْرَائِهَا ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ طُهْرٍ ثُمَّ تَحْتَشِي ثُمَّ تُصَلِّي قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ فِيهِ نَظَرٌ وَلَا يُعْرَفُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لِابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ وَلَا لِأَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ غَيْرِ هَذَا وَبِمِثْلِهِ لَا تَقُومُ حُجَّةٌ وَاخْتُلِفَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهَا تَغْتَسِلُ لِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لَمَّا اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهَا الْغُسْلُ أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ تَغْتَسِلُ مِنْ طُهْرٍ إِلَى طُهْرٍ وَفِي إِحْدَى الرِّوَايَاتِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ كَذَلِكَ وَفِي الرِّوَايَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ غُسْلًا وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَائِشَةَ الْوُضُوءُ لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ وَفِيمَا أَجَازَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ رِوَايَتَهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنِ الشَّافِعِيِّ قَالَ وَفِي حَدِيثِ حَمْنَةُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا إِنْ قَوِيتِ فَاجْمَعِي بَيْنَ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ بِغُسْلٍ وَبَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ بِغُسْلٍ وَصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ بِغُسْلٍ وَأَعْلَمَهَا أَنَّهُ أَحَبُّ الْأَمْرَيْنِ إِلَيْهِ لَهَا وَأَنَّهُ يُجْزِئُهَا الْأَمْرُ الْأَوَّلُ أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ عِنْدَ الطُّهْرِ مِنَ الْحَيْضِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْمُرْهَا بِغُسْلٍ بَعْدَهُ قَالَ وَإِنْ رُوِيَ فِي الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ حَدِيثٌ مُعَلَّقٌ فَحَدِيثُ حَمْنَةَ بَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ اخْتِيَارٌ وَأَنَّ غَيْرَهُ يُجْزِئُ مِنْهُ