Chapter: The ghusl and the prayer of a woman who is suffering prolonged vaginal bleeding (istihadah)
A'isha reported: Fatimah b. Abu Hubaish came to the Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: I am a woman whose blood keeps flowing (even after the menstruation period). I am never purified; should I, therefore, abandon prayer? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Not at all, for that is only a vein, and is not a menstruation, so when menstruation comes, abandon prayer, and when it ends wash the blood from yourself and then pray.
The hadith narrated by Waki' and with its chain of narrators has been transmitted on the authority of Hisham b. 'Urwa, but in the hadith narrated by Qutaiba on the authority of Jarir, the words are: There came Fatimah b. Abu Hubaish, b. 'Abd al-Muttalib b. Asad, and she was a woman amongst us, and in the hadith of Hammid b. Zaid there is an addition of these words: We abandoned mentioning him.
A'isha reported: Umm Habiba b. Jahsh thus asked for a verdict from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ): I am a woman whose blood keeps flowing (after the menstrual period). He (the Holy Prophet) said: That is only a vein, so take a bath and offer prayer; and she took a bath at the time of every prayer. Laith b. Sa'd said: Ibn Shihab made no mention that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had ordered her to take a bath at the time of every prayer, but she did it of her own accord. And in the tradition transmitted by Ibn Rumh there is no mention of Umm Habiba (and there is mention of the daughter of Jahsh only.)
A'isha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) reported: Umm Habiba b. Jahsh who was the sister-in-law of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and the wife of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Auf, remained mustahada for seven years, and she, therefore, asked for the verdict of Shari'ah from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about it The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: This is not menstruation, but (blood from) a vein: so bathe yourself and offer prayer. 'A'isha said: She took a bath in the wash-tub placed in the apartment of her sister Zainab b. Jahsh, till the redness of the blood came over the water. Ibn Shihab said: I narrated it to Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Harith b. Hisham about it who observed: May Allah have mercy on Hinda! would that she listened to this verdict. By Lord, she wept for not offering prayer.
This hadith has been thus reported by another chain of transmitters: Umm Habiba b. Jahsh came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and she had been a mustahada for seven years, and the rest of the hadith was narrated like that of 'Amr b. al-Harith up to the words: There came the redness of the blood over water. and nothing was narrated beyond it.
The hadith has been narrated by 'A'isha through another chain of transmitters (in these words): I The daughter of jahsh had been mustabida for seven years, and the rest of the hadith is the same (as mentioned above).
On the authority of 'A'isha: Umm Habiba asked the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about the blood (which flows beyond the period of menstruation). 'A'isha said: I saw her wash-tub full of blood. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Remain away (from prayer) equal (to the length of time) that your menses prevented you. After this (after the period of usual courses) bathe yourself and offer prayer.
A'isha, the wife of the Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), said: Umm Habiba b. Jahsh who was the spouse of Abd al- Rahman b. Auf made a complaint to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about blood (which flows beyond the menstrual period). He said to her: Remain away (from prayer) equal (to the length of time) that your menstruation holds you back. After this, bathe yourself. And she washed herself before every prayer.
