3. The Book of Menstruation

٣۔ كتاب الحيض

3.14 The ghusl and the prayer of a woman who is suffering prolonged vaginal bleeding (istihadah)

٣۔١٤ باب الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ وَغُسْلِهَا وَصَلاَتِهَا

(190) bukhari:228Muḥammad > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Fatima bint Abi Hubaish came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ I get persistent bleeding from the uterus and do not become clean. Shall I give up my prayers?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "No, because it is from a blood vessel and not the menses. So when your real menses begins give up your prayers and when it has finished wash off the blood (take a bath) and offer your prayers." Hisham (the sub narrator) narrated that his father had also said, (the Prophet ﷺ told her): "Perform ablution for every prayer till the time of the next period comes."  

(١٩٠) البخاري:٢٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ابْنَةُ أَبِي حُبَيْشٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ أُسْتَحَاضُ فَلاَ أَطْهُرُ أَفَأَدَعُ الصَّلاَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكِ عِرْقٌ وَلَيْسَ بِحَيْضٍ فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ حَيْضَتُكِ فَدَعِي الصَّلاَةَ وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ فَاغْسِلِي عَنْكِ الدَّمَ ثُمَّ صَلِّي قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبِي ثُمَّ تَوَضَّئِي لِكُلِّ صَلاَةٍ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتُ  

(191) bukhari:327Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir > Maʿn > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿAmrah

(the wife of the Prophet) Um Habiba got bleeding in between the periods for seven years. She asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it. He ordered her to take a bath (after the termination of actual periods) and added that it was (from) a blood vessel. So she used to take a bath for every prayer.  

(١٩١) البخاري:٣٢٧حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَعَنْ عَمْرَةَ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ اسْتُحِيضَتْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ فَسَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ فَقَالَ هَذَا عِرْقٌ فَكَانَتْ تَغْتَسِلُ لِكُلِّ صَلاَةٍ