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Sunan Abi Dawud 312 — No Makeup Prayer for Nifas
What Has Been Narrated Regarding The Time (Limit) Of Post-Partum Bleeding
Hadith About Nifas: No Makeup Prayer After Postnatal Bleeding
Sunan Abi Dawud : 312
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 312
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، - يَعْنِي حِبِّي - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي الأَزْدِيَّةُ، - يَعْنِي مُسَّةَ - قَالَتْ حَجَجْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ سَمُرَةَ بْنَ جُنْدُبٍ يَأْمُرُ النِّسَاءَ يَقْضِينَ صَلاَةَ الْمَحِيضِ . فَقَالَتْ لاَ يَقْضِينَ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَقْعُدُ فِي النِّفَاسِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً لاَ يَأْمُرُهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِقَضَاءِ صَلاَةِ النِّفَاسِ . قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَاتِمٍ وَاسْمُهَا مُسَّةُ تُكْنَى أُمَّ بُسَّةَ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ كَثِيرُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ كُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو سَهْلٍ .
Al-Azdiyyah Narrated from:
I performed Hajj and came to Umm Salamah and said (to her): Mother of the believers, Samurah b. Jundub commands women to complete the prayers abandoned during their menstrual period. She said: They should not do so. The wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) would refrain (from prayer) for forty nights (i.e. days) during the course of bleeding after child birth. The Prophet (ﷺ) would not command them to complete the prayers abandoned during the period of bleeding. Muhammad b. Hatim said: The name of Al-Azdiyyah is Mussah and her patronymic name is Umm Busrah. Abu Dawud said: The patronymic names of Kathir b. Ziyad s Abu Sahl.
[1] Al-Maḥīṣ ; based upon her answer, some of them say that here the meaning may only refer to the post-partum bleeding.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 312In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 312English translation : Book 1, Hadith 312
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 312
This Hadith answers a direct question about making up prayers connected to bleeding. Mussah came to Umm Salamah and said that Samurah b. Jundub commanded women to make up prayers left during menstruation. Umm Salamah replied that they should not do so. She then mentioned that the wives of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم would refrain for forty nights during postnatal bleeding, and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did not command them to make up those prayers. The Hadith is often searched under nifas prayer, missed prayers after childbirth, and menstruation prayer makeup. The safest reading is to keep the answer tied to the exact report and its wording.
What we learn from this hadith
- Umm Salamah rejected making up the prayers in the case discussed.
- The report mentions forty nights during postnatal bleeding.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did not command makeup prayers for the prayers missed in that period.
