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Sunan an-Nasai 242 — Menstruation During Hajj
Mention Of The Order To Do That For A Menstruating Woman When She Performs Ghusl For Ihram
Menstruation During Hajj: Aishah’s Guidance from the Prophet
Sunan an-Nasai : 242
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 242
أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَشْهَبُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ، وَهِشَامَ بْنَ عُرْوَةَ، حَدَّثَاهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، - رضى الله عنها - قَالَتْ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَامَ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ فَأَهْلَلْتُ بِالْعُمْرَةِ فَقَدِمْتُ مَكَّةَ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ فَلَمْ أَطُفْ بِالْبَيْتِ وَلاَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَشَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " انْقُضِي رَأْسَكِ وَامْتَشِطِي وَأَهِلِّي بِالْحَجِّ وَدَعِي الْعُمْرَةَ " . فَفَعَلْتُ فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا الْحَجَّ أَرْسَلَنِي مَعَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ إِلَى التَّنْعِيمِ فَاعْتَمَرْتُ فَقَالَ " هَذِهِ مَكَانَ عُمْرَتِكِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ لَمْ يَرْوِهِ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ أَشْهَبُ .
A'isha Narrated from:
We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage. I (said the Talbiyah) for 'Umrah and I arrived in Makkah while I was menstruating, so I did not perform Tawaf around the House nor between As-Safa and Al-Marwah. I complained about that to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said: 'Undo your braids and comb your hair, and enter (begin the Talbiyah) for Hajj, and leave the 'Umrah.' So I did that, and then when we had completed Hajj, he sent me with 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr to At-Tan'im, and I performed 'Umrah. He said: 'This is in place of your 'Umrah.'"Abu 'Abdur-Rahman said: This Hadith is Gharib as a narration of Malik from Hisham, from 'Urwah. No one except Asshab reported it.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 242In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 243English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 243
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 242
This Hadith explains what happened when Aishah went for the Farewell Pilgrimage with the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم). She had entered for Umrah, but when she reached Makkah she was menstruating, so she did not perform Tawaf around the House or Sa‘i between As-Safa and Al-Marwah. She brought her concern to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He told her to undo her braids, comb her hair, enter for Hajj, and leave the Umrah. After Hajj was completed, he sent her with Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr to At-Tan‘im, where she performed Umrah. The Hadith also mentions the narrator’s note that this route of narration is Gharib.
What we learn from this hadith
- Aishah did not perform Tawaf or Sa‘i while menstruating.
- She asked the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) when she faced a worship-related concern.
- The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) gave her a clear course of action for Hajj and Umrah.
- The report includes a narrator’s note about the chain of narration.
