[Machine] I had severe heavy bleeding, so I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to seek his advice and ask him. I found him in the house of my sister Zainab bint Jahsh, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a need for you." He asked, "What is it? What do you want?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is a matter that I feel shy to mention." He asked again, "What is it? What do you want?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have severe and frequent menstruation, which prevents me from praying and fasting." He told me, "Wear a menstrual pad, as it removes the blood." I said, "The bleeding is more than that." He said, "Then I will give you two options, whichever one you choose will suffice for the other. And if you can do both, then you know best. This is only a trick from Satan. So pray twenty-four nights and their days, and fast, and that will suffice for you. And do the same every month as women do during their menstruation and purification periods. And if you can delay Dhuhr prayer and hasten Asr prayer, and then perform ghusl (ritual bath) before them and pray Dhuhr and Asr together, and delay Maghrib prayer and hasten Isha prayer, and combine between the prayers, do so. And perform ghusl with Fajr prayer and pray it in the same way. And pray and fast if you can manage it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "And this one is more pleasing to me."
كُنْتُ أُسْتَحَاضُ حَيْضَةً شَدِيدَةً كَثِيرَةً فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَسْتَفْتِيهِ وَأَسْأَلُهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ فِي بَيْتِ أُخْتِي زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةً قَالَ مَا هِيَ أَيْ هَنْتَاهُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ لِحَدِيثٌ وَاللهِ مَا مِنْهُ بُدٌّ وَإِنِّي لَأَسْتَحْيِي مِنْهُ قَالَ فَمَا هُوَ أَيْ هَنْتَاهُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُسْتَحَاضُ حَيْضَةً شَدِيدَةً كَثِيرَةً فَمَا تَرَى فِيهَا قَدْ مَنَعْتَنِي الصَّلَاةَ وَالصَّوْمَ فَقَالَ لَهَا «أَنْعَتُ لَكِ الْكُرْسُفَ فَإِنَّهُ يَذْهَبُ بِالدَّمِ» قُلْتُ هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنِّي سَآمُرُكِ بِأَمْرَيْنِ أَيُّهُمَا فَعَلْتِ فَقَدْ أَجْزَأَ عَنْكِ مِنَ الْآخَرِ وَإِنْ قَدَرْتِ عَلَيْهِمَا فَأَنْتِ أَعْلَمُ إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ رَكْضَةٌ مِنْ رَكَضَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَصَلِّي أَرْبَعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَيَّامَهَا وَصُومِي فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُجْزِئُكِ وَكَذَلِكَ فَافْعَلِي كُلَّ شَهْرٍ كَمَا تَحِيضُ النِّسَاءُ وَكَمَا يَطْهُرْنَ لِمِيقَاتِ حَيْضِهِنَّ وَطُهْرِهِنَّ وَإِنْ قَدَرْتِ عَلَى أَنْ تُؤَخِّرِي الظُّهْرَ وَتُعَجِّلِي الْعَصْرَ وَتَغْتَسِلِينَ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تُصَلِّيَنَ الظُّهْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ تُؤَخِّرِي الْمَغْرِبَ وَتُعَجِّلِينَ الْعِشَاءَ وَتَجْمَعِينَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ فَافْعَلِي وَتَغْتَسِلِينَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ غُسْلًا وَتُصَلِّينَ كَذَلِكَ فَافْعَلِي وَصَلِّي وَصُومِي إِنْ قَدَرْتِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَهَذَا أَعْجَبُ إِلَيَّ»