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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»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
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  

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: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  

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: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»