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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 6 · Menstrual Periods
Sahih

الاِعْتِكَافِ لِلْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ

I'tikaf for a woman with prolonged bleeding

اعْتَكَفَتْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِهِ، فَكَانَتْ تَرَى الدَّمَ وَالصُّفْرَةَ، وَالطَّسْتُ تَحْتَهَا وَهْىَ تُصَلِّي.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتِ

Translation

Aishah reported: One of his wives was in seclusion (i'tikaf) with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She would see blood and yellowish discharge, with the basin beneath her while she prayed.

Other translations

Deutsch

Aischa berichtete: Eine von seinen Frauen zog sich mit dem Gesandten Allahs ﷺ zur Andacht in der Moschee zurück (I'tikaf). Sie sah Blut und gelbliche Ausscheidung, und die Schüssel stand unter ihr, während sie betete.

Türkçe

Âişe (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Hanımlarından biri Resûlullah ﷺ ile birlikte itikâfa girdi. Kan ve sarılık görürdü; namaz kılarken altında leğen bulunurdu.

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم اعْتَكَفَ مَعَهُ بَعْضُ نِسَائِهِ وَهْىَ مُسْتَحَاضَةٌ تَرَى الدَّمَ، فَرُبَّمَا وَضَعَتِ الطَّسْتَ تَحْتَهَا مِنَ الدَّمِ. وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَأَتْ مَاءَ الْعُصْفُرِ فَقَالَتْ كَأَنَّ هَذَا شَىْءٌ كَانَتْ فُلاَنَةُ تَجِدُهُ.

    Aishah reported that one of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ was in seclusion (i'tikaf) with him while she had prolonged bleeding (istihadah) and saw blood, and she would sometimes place a basin beneath her because of the blood. And he stated …

  • أَنَّ بَعْضَ، أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اعْتَكَفَتْ وَهْىَ مُسْتَحَاضَةٌ.

    Aishah reported that one of the Mothers of the Believers was in seclusion (i'tikaf) while she had prolonged bleeding (istihadah).

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 · Medina'Aisha bint Abi Bakr† 57 AH · Medina'Ikrama† 104 AH · MedinaKhalid bin Mahran al-Hadha'† 141 AH · Syria (al-Sham)Yazid bin Zari'† 182 AH · BasraQutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil† 240 AH · Baghdadal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. 'Aisha bint Abi Bakrعَائِشَةَ

    d. 57 AH / 678 CE · 17 Ramadan, Medina · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. 'Ikramaعِكْرِمَةَ

    d. 104 AH · Medina · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. d. 141 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. Yazid bin Zari'يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ

    d. 182 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  6. Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamilقُتَيْبَةُ

    d. 240 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler