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Sunan Abi Dawud 270 — Warmth and Care During Menses
A Person Has Relations With Her Other Than Intercourse
Sleeping With a Menstruating Wife Hadith: Care, Warmth, and Closeness
Sunan Abi Dawud : 270
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 270
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ غَانِمٍ - عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زِيَادٍ - عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غُرَابٍ، أَنَّ عَمَّةً، لَهُ حَدَّثَتْهُ أَنَّهَا، سَأَلَتْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ إِحْدَانَا تَحِيضُ وَلَيْسَ لَهَا وَلِزَوْجِهَا إِلاَّ فِرَاشٌ وَاحِدٌ قَالَتْ أُخْبِرُكِ بِمَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ لَيْلاً وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ فَمَضَى إِلَى مَسْجِدِهِ - قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ تَعْنِي مَسْجِدَ بَيْتِهِ - فَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ حَتَّى غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي وَأَوْجَعَهُ الْبَرْدُ فَقَالَ " ادْنِي مِنِّي " . فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي حَائِضٌ . فَقَالَ " وَإِنْ اكْشِفِي عَنْ فَخِذَيْكِ " . فَكَشَفْتُ فَخِذَىَّ فَوَضَعَ خَدَّهُ وَصَدْرَهُ عَلَى فَخِذَىَّ وَحَنَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى دَفِئَ وَنَامَ .
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Umarah ibn Ghurab said that his paternal aunt narrated to him that she asked Aisha: What if one of us menstruates and she and her husband have no bed except one? She replied: I relate to you what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had done. One night he entered (upon me) while I was menstruating. He went to the place of his prayer, that is, to the place of prayer reserved (for this purpose) in his house. He did not return until I felt asleep heavily, and he felt pain from cold. And he said: Come near me. I said: I am menstruating. He said: Uncover your thighs. I, therefore, uncovered both of my thighs. Then he put his cheek and chest on my thighs and I lent upon he until he became warm and slept.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 270In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 270English translation : Book 1, Hadith 270
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 270
This narration answers a personal question: what if a woman menstruates and she and her husband have only one bed? Aishah shares what happened with the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم. He was cold, asked her to come near, and when she mentioned menstruation, he still asked her to uncover her thighs. He then placed his cheek and chest on her thighs, and she leaned over him until he became warm and slept. This hadith is often searched as “sleeping with menstruating wife hadith.” The text shows care, warmth, and closeness in a specific situation. It should not be turned into a wider claim beyond what Aishah described.
What we learn from this hadith
- Aishah answered by narrating a direct example from her life.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم sought warmth and closeness while she was menstruating.
- The report describes one specific situation with one shared bed.
