20 - Ghusl for Menstruation and Postpartum

أَوَّلُ دَمٍ وَقَعَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ دَمُ حَوَّاءَ حِينَ حَاضَتْ

إِنَّ الْحَيْضَ لِلنِّسَاءِ نَجَاسَةٌ رَمَاهُنَّ اللَّهُ

وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‌ إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا لَيْسَتْ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُنَّ إِنَّهَا لَا تَرَى دَماً فِي حَيْضٍ وَ لَا نِفَاسٍ كَالْحُورِيَّةِ.

Hadith.194 - The Prophet (sw) said: ‘Indeed, Sayyida Fatimah Al-Zahra {S.A} is not like any of you; She does not experience menstrual blood or postnatal bleeding, like the heavenly maidens.'

«اَلْأَزْوَاجُ اَلْمُطَهَّرَةُ اَللاَّئِي لَمْ يَحِضْنَ وَ لاَ يُحْدِثْنَ.

Hadith.195 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about the saying of Allah (swt), the Exalted: 'They will have therein purified spouses.' [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:25] Imam (as) said: 'The purified spouses are those who do not menstruate and do not experience postnatal bleeding.'

وَ رُوِيَ: «فِي اَلْمَرْأَةِ تَرَى اَلصُّفْرَةَ أَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ قَبْلَ اَلْحَيْضِ بِيَوْمَيْنِ فَهُوَ مِنَ اَلْحَيْضِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ بَعْدَ اَلْحَيْضِ بِيَوْمَيْنِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اَلْحَيْضِ.

Hadith.196 – Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) narrates that: It is narrated regarding a woman who sees yellowish discharge: 'If this occurs two days before her menstrual period, it is considered part of her menstruation; if it occurs two days after her menstrual period, it is not considered part of her menstruatio

فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وتَعَالَى حَبَسَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْحَيْضَةَ فَجَعَلَهَا رِزْقَهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ.

Hadith.197 – Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) narrates: Salman al-Farsi (may Allah (swt) have mercy on him) asked Amir al-Mu'minin (as) about the sustenance of the child in its mother's womb. Imam (as) said: 'Indeed, Allah (swt), Blessed and Exalted, has reserved the menstrual period for it and made it its sustena

الْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً لَمْ تَرَ حُمْرَةً[4] إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ[5]. وَ هُوَ حَدُّ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي تَيْأَسُ مِنَ الْحَيْضِ وَ الْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا حَاضَتْ أَوَّلَ حَيْضِهَا[6] فَدَامَ دَمُهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَ هِيَ لَا تَعْرِفُ أَيَّامَ أَقْرَائِهَا فَأَقْرَاؤُهَا مِثْلُ أَقْرَاءِ نِسَائِهَا وَ إِنْ كُنَّ نِسَاؤُهَا مُخْتَلِفَاتٍ فَأَكْثَرُ جُلُوسِهَا عَشَرَةُ أَيَّام

«إِنَّ اَلطَّمْثَ قَدْ تَحْبِسُهُ اَلرِّيحُ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَبَلٍ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا فِي اَلْفَرْجِ.

Hadith.199 - Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) was asked about a man who purchased a female slave who stayed with him for months without menstruating, and this was not due to age, and it was mentioned by women that She was not pregnant. He asked whether it was permissible to have intercourse with her in this state. Im

وَ رُوِيَ: «أَنَّهُ إِذَا جَامَعَهَا وَ هِيَ حَائِضٌ تَصَدَّقَ عَلَى مِسْكِينٍ بِقَدْرِ شِبَعِهِ.

Hadith.200 - It is reported (from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) ) narrated: 'If a man has intercourse with a woman while She is menstruating, he should give charity to a needy person in an amount sufficient to satisfy their hunger.'.

وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‌ مَنْ جَامَعَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ هِيَ حَائِضٌ فَخَرَجَ الْوَلَدُ مَجْذُوماً أَوْ أَبْرَصَ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ.

Hadith.201 - The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: 'Whoever has intercourse with his wife while She is menstruating, and if the child born from that union is afflicted with leprosy or vitiligo, he should blame only himself.'

هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَأْتِي آبَاؤُهُمْ نِسَاءَهُمْ فِي الطَّمْثِ.

Hadith.202 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about those who are deformed in their creation. Imam (as) said: 'They are those whose fathers engaged in intercourse with their wives during menstruation.'

لَا يُبْغِضُنَا إِلَّا مَنْ خَبُثَتْ وِلَادَتُهُ أَوْ حَمَلَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ فِي حَيْضِهَا. وَ تُسْتَبْرَأُ الْأَمَةُ إِذَا اشْتُرِيَتْ بِحَيْضَةٍ وَ مَنِ اشْتَرَى أَمَةً فَدَخَلَ بِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَبْرِئَهَا فَقَدْ زَنَى بِمَالِهِ وَ إِذَا أَرَادَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْغُسْلَ مِنَ الْحَيْضِ فَعَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَسْتَبْرِئَ وَ الِاسْتِبْرَاءُ أَنْ تُدْخِلَ قُطْنَةً فَإِنْ كَانَ هُنَاكَ دَمٌ خَرَجَ وَ لَوْ مِثْلَ رَأْسِ ا

تَتَّزِرُ بِإِزَارٍ إِلَى الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ وَ تُخْرِجُ سُرَّتَهَا ثُمَّ لَهُ مَا فَوْقَ الْإِزَارِ[2].

Hadith.204 - Ubaidullah ibn Ali Al-Halabi asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about what is permissible for a husband with regard to his menstruating wife. Imam (as) said: 'She should cover herself with a cloth (izar) from her navel to her knees, and he may have what is above the izar.'.

وَ ذَكَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع أَنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ[3] كَانَتْ تَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ يَأْمُرُنِي إِذَا كُنْتُ حَائِضاً أَنْ أَتَّزِرَ بِثَوْبٍ ثُمَّ أَضْطَجِعَ مَعَهُ فِي الْفِرَاشِ.

Hadith.205 - It was reported from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), that Maymunah used to say: ‘The Prophet would instruct me, when I was menstruating, to wrap myself with a cloth (izar) and then lie down with him in bed.'

قَالَ: وَ كُنَّ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ ص لَا يَقْضِينَ الصَّلَاةَ[1] إِذَا حِضْنَ وَ لَكِنْ يَتَحَشَّيْنَ حِينَ يَدْخُلُ وَقْتُ الصَّلَاةِ وَ يَتَوَضَّيْنَ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسْنَ قَرِيباً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ[2] فَيَذْكُرْنَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

Hadith.206 – (From Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as)), He said: 'The wives of the Prophet did not make up the prayers when they were menstruating. However, when the time for prayer entered, they would use cotton (for cleanliness), perform wudu (ablution), and then sit near the mosque to remember Allah (swt), the Mi

وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ فِي امْرَأَةٍ ادَّعَتْ أَنَّهَا حَاضَتْ فِي شَهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ إِنَّهُ تُسْأَلُ نِسْوَةٌ مِنْ بِطَانَتِهَا[3] هَلْ كَانَ حَيْضُهَا فِيمَا مَضَى عَلَى مَا ادَّعَتْ فَإِنْ شَهِدْنَ صُدِّقَتْ وَ إِلَّا فَهِيَ كَاذِبَةٌ.

Hadith.207 - The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said regarding a woman who claimed to have experienced three menstrual cycles in one month: 'Women from her close circle (those familiar with her cycle) should be asked whether her previous menstruation followed the pattern She claims. If they testi

لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَغْتَسِلُ وَ قَدِ امْتَشَطَتْ بِقَرَامِلَ‌[5] وَ لَمْ تَنْقُضْ شَعْرَهَا كَمْ يُجْزِيهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ قَالَ مِثْلُ الَّذِي يَشْرَبُ شَعْرُهَا[6] وَ هُوَ ثَلَاثُ حَفَنَاتٍ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا وَ حَفْنَتَانِ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ وَ حَفْنَتَانِ عَلَى الْيَسَارِ ثُمَّ تُمِرُّ يَدَهَا عَلَى جَسَدِهَا كُلِّهِ.

Hadith.208 - Ammar ibn Musa al-Sabati asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about a menstruating woman who performs ghusl (ritual bathing) while saffron remains on her body and is not removed by the water. Imam (as) said: 'There is no harm in it.' He also asked about a woman who performs ghusl and has braided hai

وَ كَانَ بَعْضُ نِسَاءِ اَلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ تُرَجِّلُ شَعْرَهَا وَ تَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهَا وَ هِيَ حَائِضٌ.

Hadith.209 - Some of the wives of the Prophet (sw) used to comb their hair and wash their heads while they were menstruating.

وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ: «أَنَّهُ صَارَ حَدُّ قُعُودِ اَلنُّفَسَاءِ عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْماً لِأَنَّ أَقَلَّ اَلْحَيْضِ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَ أَكْثَرَهُ عَشَرَةُ أَيَّامٍ فَأَوْسَطُهُ خَمْسَةُ أَيَّامٍ فَجَعَلَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِلنُّفَسَاءِ أَيَّامَ أَقَلِّ اَلْحَيْضِ وَ أَوْسَطِهِ وَ أَكْثَرِهِ».

Hadith.210 - It has been narrated: 'The limit for the postnatal period of refraining from prayer has been set at eighteen days because the minimum duration of menstruation is three days, the maximum is ten days, and the average is five days. Thus, Allah (swt), the Exalted, has designated the days of postnatal bleeding

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ أَصَابَهَا الطَّلْقُ الْيَوْمَ وَ الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ تَرَى صُفْرَةً أَوْ دَماً كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِالصَّلَاةِ قَالَ تُصَلِّي مَا لَمْ تَلِدْ فَإِنْ غَلَبَهَا الْوَجَعُ صَلَّتْ إِذَا بَرَأَتْ‌[1].

Hadith.211 - Ammar ibn Musa al-Sabati narrated from Abu Abdullah (as) that He said: I asked him about a woman who experiences labor pains for one or two days or more and sees yellowish discharge or blood. What should She do regarding prayer? Imam (as) said: 'She should pray as long as She has not given birth. If the pa