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Sunan Abi Dawud 263 — Make Up Fasts but Not Prayers
The Menstruating Woman Does Not Make Up The (Missed) Prayers
Hadith About Making Up Fasts but Not Prayers During Menstruation
Sunan Abi Dawud : 263
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 263
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ - عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَزَادَ فِيهِ فَنُؤْمَرُ بِقَضَاءِ الصَّوْمِ وَلاَ نُؤْمَرُ بِقَضَاءِ الصَّلاَةِ .
A'isha Narrated from:
This tradition has also been narrated through a different chain of the authority of Mu’adhah al-‘Adawiyyah from ‘A’ishah. This version adds; we were commanded to complete the (abandoned) fast, but were commanded to complete the (abandoned) prayer.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 263In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 263English translation : Book 1, Hadith 263
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 263
This narration adds an important detail to the same issue of menstruation, fasting, and prayer. It reports from Aishah that women were commanded to make up the fast that was left during menstruation, but they were not commanded to make up the prayer. People often search for this as “menstruating woman make up fasts not prayers hadith.” The wording matters. The hadith speaks about two acts of worship separately: fasting and prayer. It does not mix them into one rule. The lesson is that a Muslim follows the teaching as it came, even when two matters may look similar at first. The text gives a clear difference between missed fasts and missed prayers.
What we learn from this hadith
- Missed fasts during menstruation were to be made up.
- Missed prayers during menstruation were not commanded to be made up.
- The hadith treats fasting and prayer as separate matters in this case.
