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Sahih al-Bukhari

518

Chapter 8 · Prayers (Salat)
Sahih

إِذَا صَلَّى إِلَى فِرَاشٍ فِيهِ حَائِضٌ

Praying towards a bed on which there is a menstruating woman

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ نَائِمَةٌ، فَإِذَا سَجَدَ أَصَابَنِي ثَوْبُهُ، وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

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

Translation

Maymunah reported: The Prophet ﷺ used to pray while I was sleeping beside him. When he prostrated, his garment touched me, while I was menstruating.

Other translations

Deutsch

Maimuna berichtete: Der Prophet ﷺ pflegte zu beten, während ich neben ihm schlief. Wenn er sich niederwarf, berührte mich sein Gewand, während ich menstruierend war.

Türkçe

Meymûne (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ namaz kılardı, ben de onun yanında uyurdum. Secde ettiğinde elbisesi bana değerdi; ben de hayızlı olurdum.

Further routes of narration

وَزَادَ مُسَدَّدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ.

Other versions of this report

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

  • أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَكُونُ حَائِضًا لاَ تُصَلِّي، وَهْىَ مُفْتَرِشَةٌ بِحِذَاءِ مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى خُمْرَتِهِ، إِذَا سَجَدَ أَصَابَنِي بَعْضُ ثَوْبِهِ.

    Maymunah reported that when she was menstruating and not praying, she would lie stretched out alongside the place of prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he prayed on his small mat. When he prostrated, part of his garment would touch …

  • كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا حِذَاءَهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ وَرُبَّمَا أَصَابَنِي ثَوْبُهُ إِذَا سَجَدَ. قَالَتْ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى الْخُمْرَةِ.

    Maymunah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray while I was beside him, and I was menstruating, and sometimes his garment touched me when he prostrated. She said, “And he used to pray on the small prayer mat.”

  • كَانَ فِرَاشِي حِيَالَ مُصَلَّى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرُبَّمَا وَقَعَ ثَوْبُهُ عَلَىَّ وَأَنَا عَلَى فِرَاشِي.

    Maymunah reported: My bed was opposite the place of prayer of the Prophet ﷺ, and sometimes his garment fell on me while I was on my bed.

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 · Kufa'Abdul Wahid bin Ziyad† 176 AH · BasraKhalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahan† 182 AH · WasitMuhammad bin al-Fadl 'Aram† 224 AH · BasraMasdad bin Masrhad† 228 AH · Basraal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • 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 بْنُ زِيَادٍ

    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 Sulaimanسُلَيْمَانُ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ

    d. 140 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

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

  4. Masdad bin Masrhadمُسَدَّدٌ

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