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Jami at-Tirmidhi 139 — Nifas Forty Days
What Has Been Related About the Extent Of The Waiting During Nifas
Nifas Forty Days Hadith from Umm Salamah
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 139
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 139
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ أَبُو بَدْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَهْلٍ، عَنْ مُسَّةَ الأَزْدِيَّةِ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَتِ النُّفَسَاءُ تَجْلِسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا فَكُنَّا نَطْلِي وُجُوهَنَا بِالْوَرْسِ مِنَ الْكَلَفِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُسَّةَ الأَزْدِيَّةِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ . وَاسْمُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ كَثِيرُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ . قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى ثِقَةٌ وَأَبُو سَهْلٍ ثِقَةٌ . وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْ مُحَمَّدٌ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَهْلٍ . وَقَدْ أَجْمَعَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالتَّابِعِينَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنَّ النُّفَسَاءَ تَدَعُ الصَّلاَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا إِلاَّ أَنْ تَرَى الطُّهْرَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهَا تَغْتَسِلُ وَتُصَلِّي . فَإِذَا رَأَتِ الدَّمَ بَعْدَ الأَرْبَعِينَ فَإِنَّ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ قَالُوا لاَ تَدَعُ الصَّلاَةَ بَعْدَ الأَرْبَعِينَ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَكْثَرِ الْفُقَهَاءِ . وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَيُرْوَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّهَا تَدَعُ الصَّلاَةَ خَمْسِينَ يَوْمًا إِذَا لَمْ تَرَ الطُّهْرَ . وَيُرْوَى عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ وَالشَّعْبِيِّ سِتِّينَ يَوْمًا .
Umm Salamah Narrated from:
The Time Of Waiting For Nifas During The Time Of Allah'S Messenger Was Forty Days. We Used To Cover Our Faces With Reddish-Brown Wars.
[1] Bleeding after childbirth.[2] Wars is normally used to refer to a plant that is used to produce a yellowish dye. It is occasionally used to refer to dyeing in general.Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 139In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 139English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 139
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 139
This Hadith speaks about nifas, the postpartum bleeding period. Umm Salamah narrated that during the time of the Prophet, women in nifas would wait for forty days. She also said they used to cover their faces with reddish-brown wars because of changes in the skin. The Arabic commentary adds that people of knowledge agreed that the postpartum woman leaves prayer for forty days unless she sees purity before that, in which case she performs ghusl and prays. The main point for this Hadith is the forty-day nifas period mentioned from the time of the Prophet, along with the note that purity before that changes the situation.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report mentions forty days as the nifas waiting time.
- The commentary states that seeing purity before forty days leads to ghusl and prayer.
- The narration also records a simple practice women used for facial marks.
