Skip to content

Sahih al-Bukhari

311

Chapter 6 · Menstrual Periods
Sahih

الاِعْتِكَافِ لِلْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ

I'tikaf for a woman with prolonged bleeding

أَنَّ بَعْضَ، أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اعْتَكَفَتْ وَهْىَ مُسْتَحَاضَةٌ.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ،

Translation

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

Translator’s note: The Mothers of the Believers: the wives of the Prophet ﷺ.

Other translations

Deutsch

Aischa berichtete, dass eine der Mütter der Gläubigen sich zur Andacht in der Moschee zurückzog (I'tikaf), während sie an Dauerblutung (Istihada) litt.

Translator’s note: Die Mütter der Gläubigen: die Frauen des Propheten ﷺ.

Türkçe

Âişe (r.a.), mü'minlerin annelerinden birinin istihâzalı iken itikâfa girdiğini rivayet etti.

Translator’s note: Mü'minlerin anneleri: Nebî'nin ﷺ hanımları.

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 …

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

    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.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 199 years and 6 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250'Aisha bint Abi Bakr† 57 AH · Medina'Ikrama† 104 AH · MedinaKhalid bin Mahran al-Hadha'† 141 AH · Syria (al-Sham)Ma'tmar bin Sulaiman-al-Tauf…† 187 AH · BasraMasdad bin Masrhad† 228 AH · Basraal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. 'Aisha bint Abi Bakrعَائِشَةَ

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

  2. 'Ikramaعِكْرِمَةَ

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

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

  4. d. 187 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation

  5. Masdad bin Masrhadمُسَدَّدٌ

    d. 228 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  6. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler