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السيوطي:٤-٥١٠b –

"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: المُسْتَحَاضَةُ إِذَا انْقَضَى حَيْضُهَا اغْتَسَلَتْ كل يَوْمٍ وَاتَّخَذَتْ صُوفَةً فِيهَا سَمْن أَوْ زيْتٌ".  

[د] أبو داود

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abudawud:302 – Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Muḥammad b. Abū Ismāʿīl / Muḥammad b. Rāshid > Maʿqil al-Khathʿamī > ʿAlī

The woman who has a prolonged flow of blood should wash herself every day when her menstrual period is over and take a woollen cloth greased with fat or oil (to tie over the private parts).  

أبو داود:٣٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَهُوَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ مَعْقِلٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

الْمُسْتَحَاضَةُ إِذَا انْقَضَى حَيْضُهَا اغْتَسَلَتْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَاتَّخَذَتْ صُوفَةً فِيهَا سَمْنٌ أَوْ زَيْتٌ