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nasai:381 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Sufyān > Manṣūr from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would rest in the lap of one of us when she was menstruating, and he would recite Qur'an."  

النسائي:٣٨١ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَأْسُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حِجْرِ إِحْدَانَا وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:7549 – Qabīṣah > Sufyān > Manṣūr from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to recite the Qur'an with his head in my lap while I used to be in my periods (having menses).  

البخاري:٧٥٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَرَأْسُهُ فِي حَجْرِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

muslim:301 – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Dāwud b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Makkī > Manṣūr from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recline in my lap when I was menstruating, and recite the Qur'an.  

مسلم:٣٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَّكِئُ فِي حِجْرِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ  

nasai:274 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Sufyān > Manṣūr from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would rest in the lap of one of us when she was menstruating, and he would recite Qur'an."  

النسائي:٢٧٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَأْسُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حِجْرِ إِحْدَانَا وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ وَهُوَ يَتْلُو الْقُرْآنَ  

ibnmajah:634 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Manṣūr Ibn Ṣafiyyah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to put his head in my lap when I was menstruating and recite Qur'an."  

ابن ماجة:٦٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ ابْنِ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ  

ahmad:26221 – Yūnus > Dāwud > Manṣūr al-Ḥajabī > Ummī Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recline in my lap when I was menstruating, and recite the Qur'an. (Using translation from Muslim 301)  

أحمد:٢٦٢٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ الْحَجَبِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمِّي صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَّكِئُ فِي حِجْرِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ  

ahmad:25573 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Manṣūr Ibn Ṣafiyyah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to rest his head on her lap and recite the Quran while she was menstruating.  

أحمد:٢٥٥٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ ابْنِ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَضَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِهَا وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ  

ahmad:25153 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Manṣūr from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to put his head in my lap when I was menstruating and recite Qur'an." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 634)   

أحمد:٢٥١٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَضَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِهَا فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ  

ahmad:25246 – Abū al-Naḍr > Dāwud > Manṣūr > Ummihiʿan ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recline in my lap when I was menstruating, and recite the Qur'an. (Using translation from Muslim 301)  

أحمد:٢٥٢٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ أُمِّهِعَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَّكِئُ فِي حِجْرِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ  

ahmad:24397 – Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Ibn Lahīʿah And Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Khālid > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammadʿan ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recline on my lap when I was menstruating, then recite the Qur’an. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 260)   

أحمد:٢٤٣٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِي وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ، وَهُوَ وَاضِعٌ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِ امْرَأَتِهِ إِذَا كَانَتْ حَائِضًا

ibnhibban:798 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Sufyān > Manṣūr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would rest in the lap of one of us when she was menstruating, and he would recite Qur'an." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 274)   

ابن حبّان:٧٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِ إِحْدَانَا فَيَتْلُو الْقُرْآنَ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ»  

nasai-kubra:264 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Makhlad b. Ibrāhīm b. Rāhawayh And ʿAlī b. Ḥajar b. Iyās > Sufyān > Manṣūr from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would rest in the lap of one of us when she was menstruating, and he would recite Qur'an." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 381)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَخْلَدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حَجَرِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَأْسُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حِجْرِ إِحْدَانَا وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ وَهُوَ يُقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ»