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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 6 · Menstrual Periods
Sahih

مُبَاشَرَةِ الْحَائِضِ

Contact with a menstruating woman

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُبَاشِرَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ نِسَائِهِ أَمَرَهَا فَاتَّزَرَتْ وَهْىَ حَائِضٌ.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَيْمُونَةَ،

Translation

Maymunah reported: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to touch one of his wives, he would instruct her, and she would put on a waist-wrapper while she was menstruating.

Translator’s note: “Touch”: bodily closeness without intercourse is meant.

Other translations

Deutsch

Maimuna berichtete: Wenn der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ eine seiner Frauen berühren wollte, wies er sie an, und sie legte einen Hüftschurz an, während sie ihre Menstruation hatte.

Translator’s note: „Berühren“: gemeint ist körperliche Nähe ohne Geschlechtsverkehr.

Türkçe

Meymûne (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Resûlullah ﷺ hanımlarından biriyle temas etmek istediğinde ona emrederdi, o da hayızlı iken izar bağlardı.

Translator’s note: “Temas”: cinsel ilişki olmaksızın bedensel yakınlık kastedilmektedir.

Further routes of narration

وَرَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaMaymuna bint al-Harith† 61 AH · Mecca'Abdullah ibn Shaddad† 81 AH · MedinaSulaiman bin Abi Sulaiman† 140 AH · KufaSufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri† 161 AH · Basra'Abdul Wahid bin Ziyad† 176 AH · BasraMuhammad bin al-Fadl 'Aram† 224 AH · Basraal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Compiler
  • Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Chain as a list

Main chain

  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Maymuna bint al-Harithمَيْمُونَةَ

    d. 61 AH · Saraf/Makkah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. 'Abdullah ibn Shaddadعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ

    d. 81 AH · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  4. Sulaiman bin Abi Sulaimanالشَّيْبَانِيُّ

    d. 140 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. 'Abdul Wahid bin Ziyadعَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ

    d. 176 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  6. Muhammad bin al-Fadl 'Aramأَبُو النُّعْمَانِ

    d. 224 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler

Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)

Another narrator transmitted the same text as well and corroborates this part of the chain.

  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Sulaiman bin Abi Sulaimanالشَّيْبَانِيِّ

    d. 140 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  3. d. 161 AH · Basra · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation