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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنِ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الْحَائِضِ أَنْ تَنْفِرَ إِذَا كَانَتْ طَافَتْ طَوَافَ الزِّيَارَةِ قَبْلَ رُؤْيَتِهَا الدَّمَ

ibnhibban:3902ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Safiya bint Huyay, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ got her menses, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed of that. He said, "Would she delay us?" The people said, "She has already performed Tawaf-al-Ifada." He said, "Therefore she will not (delay us)." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1757)  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ حُيَيٍّ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَاضَتْ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ؟ » فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ قَالَ «فَلَا إِذًا»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1757ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Safiya bint Huyay, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ got her menses, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed of that. He said, "Would she delay us?" The people said, "She has already performed Tawaf-al-Ifada." He said, "Therefore she will not (delay us)."  

البخاري:١٧٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ حُيَىٍّ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَاضَتْ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ قَالُوا إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ قَالَ فَلاَ إِذًا  

abudawud:2003al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned about Safiyyah, daughter of Huyayy. He was told that she had menstruated. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: She may probably detain us. They (the people) said: She has performed the obligatory circumambulation (Tawaf al-Ziyarah). He said: If so, there is no need (of staying any longer).  

أبو داود:٢٠٠٣حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ حُيَىٍّ فَقِيلَ إِنَّهَا قَدْ حَاضَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَعَلَّهَا حَابِسَتُنَا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ فَقَالَ فَلاَ إِذًا  

tirmidhi:943Qutaybah > al-Layth > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"It was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah that Safiyyah bint Huyai got her menses during the days of Mina, so he said: "Will she prevent us (from departing)?" They said: "She has done (Tawaf) Al-Ifadah/" So the Messenger of Allah said: "In that case there is no harm."  

الترمذي:٩٤٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ ذَكَرْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ حُيَىٍّ حَاضَتْ فِي أَيَّامِ مِنًى فَقَالَ أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ قَالُوا إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلاَ إِذًا قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا طَافَتْ طَوَافَ الزِّيَارَةِ ثُمَّ حَاضَتْ فَإِنَّهَا تَنْفِرُ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ
ibnmajah:3072[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah And ʿUrwh > ʿĀʾishah > Ḥāḍat Ṣafiyyah b. Ḥuya Baʿdamā Afāḍat

“Safiyyah bint Huyai got her menses after she had done Tawaful-Ifadah.” ‘Aishah said: “I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: ‘Has she detained us?’ I said: ‘She performed Tawaful-Ifadah then she got her menses after that.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Then let her depart.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٠٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَعُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

حَاضَتْ صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَىٍّ بَعْدَمَا أَفَاضَتْ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ ثُمَّ حَاضَتْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلْتَنْفِرْ  

ahmad:25662Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ mentioned Safiyyah, and they said: 'She is having her menses.' He said: 'Is she holding us back?' They said: 'Indeed, she has already purified herself.' He said: 'Then there is no issue.'"  

أحمد:٢٥٦٦٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ذَكَرَ صَفِيَّةَ قَالُوا حَاضَتْ قَالَ أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ؟ قَالُوا إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ قَالَ فَلَا إِذًا  

ahmad:25721Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah Waʾaflaḥ > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ asked about Safiyyah and said, "Did she detain us?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah, she has just menstruated." He said, "Then she is not to be blamed."  

أحمد:٢٥٧٢١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَأَفْلَحُ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَأَلَ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ فَقَالَ أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا قَدْ كَانَتْ أَفَاضَتْ قَالَ فَلَا إِذًا  

ahmad:25944Ibn Numayr > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ mentioned Safiyyah and it was said that she is menstruating. He said, "Perhaps she has held us back?" It was told to him, "O Messenger of Allah, she has already purified herself." He said, "Then it is not so."  

أحمد:٢٥٩٤٤حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ذَكَرَ صَفِيَّةَ فَقِيلَ إِنَّهَا حَائِضٌ فَقَالَ لَعَلَّهَا حَابِسَتُنَا؟ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا قَدْأَفَاضَتْ قَالَ فَلَا إِذًا  

ahmad:24113Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father

[Machine] Narrated by Aisha, Safiyya had her menstrual cycle. I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he asked, "Did she hold us back?" I said, "No, she had already finished it." He said, "Then it's fine."  

أحمد:٢٤١١٣حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ حَاضَتْ صَفِيَّةُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ؟ قُلْتُ إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَلَا  

nasai-kubra:4172Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Safiya bint Huyay, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ got her menses, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed of that. He said, "Would she delay us?" The people said, "She has already performed Tawaf-al-Ifada." He said, "Therefore she will not (delay us)." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1757)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤١٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

حَاضَتْ صَفِيَّةُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ؟» قُلْتُ لَا إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ ثُمَّ حَاضَتْ قَالَ «فَلَا إِذًا»  

nasai-kubra:4179Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned about Safiyyah, daughter of Huyayy. He was told that she had menstruated. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: She may probably detain us. They (the people) said: She has performed the obligatory circumambulation (Tawaf al-Ziyarah). He said: If so, there is no need (of staying any longer). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2003)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤١٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

ذَكَرْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ حَاضَتْ فِي أَيَّامِ مِنًى فَقَالَ «أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ؟» قَالُوا إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَلَا إِذًا»  

bayhaqi:9753Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Baṣrī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Zaʿfarānī > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

“Safiyyah bint Huyai got her menses after she had done Tawaful-Ifadah.” ‘Aishah said: “I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: ‘Has she detained us?’ I said: ‘She performed Tawaful-Ifadah then she got her menses after that.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Then let her depart.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3072)   

البيهقي:٩٧٥٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

حَاضَتْ صَفِيَّةُ بَعْدَمَا أَفَاضَتْ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحَابِسَتُنَا هِيَ؟ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَفَاضَتْ ثُمَّ حَاضَتْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ﷺ فَلْتَنْفِرْ إِذًا