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Sunan Abi Dawud 295 — Ease When Bathing Became Hard
Those Who State: She Should Combine Between Two Prayers, And Perform One Ghusl Before Both Of Them
Sahlah bint Suhayl Hadith: Ease in Istihadah Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 295
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 295
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ سَهْلَةَ بِنْتَ سُهَيْلٍ، اسْتُحِيضَتْ فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ فَلَمَّا جَهَدَهَا ذَلِكَ أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ بِغُسْلٍ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ بِغُسْلٍ وَتَغْتَسِلَ لِلصُّبْحِ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً اسْتُحِيضَتْ فَسَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَهَا بِمَعْنَاهُ .
A'isha Narrated from:
Sahlah daughter of Suhayl had a prolonged flow of blood. She came to the Prophet (ﷺ). He commanded her to take a bath for every prayer. When it became hard for her, he commanded her to combine the noon and afternoon prayers with one bath and the sunset and night prayer with one bath, and to take a bath (separately) for the dawn prayer. Abu Dawud said: Ibn 'Uyainah reported from 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Qasim on the authority of his father, saying: A woman had a prolonged flow of blood. She asked the Prophet (ﷺ). He commanded her to the same effect.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 295In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 295English translation : Book 1, Hadith 295
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 295
This narration mentions Sahlah daughter of Suhayl, who had prolonged bleeding. She came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, and he first commanded her to take a bath for every prayer. When that became hard for her, he commanded her to combine Zuhr and Asr with one bath, Maghrib and Isha with one bath, and to take a separate bath for the dawn prayer. This hadith is useful for searches about istihadah and hardship because it shows a move from a harder practice to an easier arrangement when bathing for every prayer became difficult. The text is direct and balanced. It keeps prayer in place while giving a practical way to handle purification.
What we learn from this hadith
- Sahlah asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم about her prolonged bleeding.
- Bathing for every prayer was first mentioned.
- When it became hard, combining paired prayers with one bath was mentioned.
- The dawn prayer still had a separate bath in this report.
