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Sunan Abi Dawud 267 — Mercy and Boundaries During Menses
A Person Has Relations With Her Other Than Intercourse
Hadith About Intimacy During Menstruation With a Waist Wrapper
Sunan Abi Dawud : 267
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 267
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ، مَوْلَى عُرْوَةَ عَنْ نُدْبَةَ، مَوْلاَةِ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ الْفَخِذَيْنِ أَوِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ تَحْتَجِزُ بِهِ .
Maimuna Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) would contact and embrace any of his wives while she was menstruating. She would wear the wrapper up to half the the thighs or cover her knees with it.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 267In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 267English translation : Book 1, Hadith 267
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 267
This hadith about intimacy during menstruation is narrated by Maimunah. She says the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم would contact and embrace one of his wives while she was menstruating, and she would wear a wrapper up to half the thighs or covering the knees. The text gives both closeness and a boundary. It does not describe full intercourse. It describes contact, embrace, and the use of a wrapper. People often search for “hadith about intimacy during menstruation” or “menstruating wife waist wrapper hadith.” The simple lesson is that menstruation did not remove kindness or closeness between spouses, while the report also mentions covering in a clear way.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم maintained closeness with a menstruating wife.
- The narration mentions a wrapper covering the thighs or knees.
- The hadith describes contact and embrace, not intercourse.
