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nasai:3542al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > al-Dūrī > al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Zāʾidah > Hishām > Ḥafṣah > Um ʿAṭiyyah

It was narrated from Hafsah, from Umm 'Atiyyah, from the Prophet, that he granted a concession to the woman whose husband has died, allowing her to use Qust and Azfar when purifying herself following her menses.  

النسائي:٣٥٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ هُوَ الدُّورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ رَخَّصَ لِلْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا عِنْدَ طُهْرِهَا فِي الْقُسْطِ وَالأَظْفَارِ  


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nasai-kubra:5705al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > al-Dūrī > al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Zāʾidah > Hishām > Ḥafṣah > Um ʿAṭiyyah

It was narrated from Hafsah, from Umm 'Atiyyah, from the Prophet, that he granted a concession to the woman whose husband has died, allowing her to use Qust and Azfar when purifying herself following her menses. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3542)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٧٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ هُوَ الدُّورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «رَخَّصَ لِلْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا عِنْدَ طُهْرِهَا فِي الْقُسْطِ وَالْأَظْفَارِ»