3/13. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 332b — Purification After Menses
It is recommended for the woman who is performing ghusl following menses to apply a piece of cloth scented with musk to the site of the bleeding
Purification After Menses: A Simple Hadith on Ghusl
Sahih Muslim : 332b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 332b
وَحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، سَأَلَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَيْفَ أَغْتَسِلُ عِنْدَ الطُّهْرِ فَقَالَ " خُذِي فِرْصَةً مُمَسَّكَةً فَتَوَضَّئِي بِهَا " . ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ .
A'isha Narrated from:
A woman asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) how he should wash herself after the menstrual period. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Take a cotton with musk and purity yourself, and the rest of the hadith was narrated like that of Sufyan.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 332bIn-book reference : Book 3, Hadith 71USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 3, Hadith 648
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 332b
This Hadith gives a shorter report about ghusl after the menstrual period. A woman asked the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم how she should wash herself when she became pure. He told her to take cotton with musk and purify herself with it. The rest of the narration is reported like the narration of Sufyan, so the focus stays on washing after menstruation and using the scented cotton. For readers searching “purification after menses hadith” or “musk after menstruation Islam,” this report is easy to understand. It shows that questions about cleanliness were part of learning religion, and the answer was given in a practical way.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith connects purity after menstruation with washing.
- It mentions cotton with musk as part of the purification process.
- Learning personal rulings begins with asking clear questions.
