A woman asked `Aisha, “Should I offer the prayers that which I did not offer because of menses” `Aisha said, “Are you from the Huraura’ (a town in Iraq?) We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) and used to get our periods but he never ordered us to offer them (the Prayers missed during menses).” `Aisha perhaps said, “We did not offer them.”
`Aisha said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to take the permission of that wife with whom he was supposed to stay overnight if he wanted to go to one other than her, after this Verse was revealed:– “You (O Muhammad) can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives) and you may receive any (of them) whom you will; and there is no blame on you if you invite one whose turn you have set aside (temporarily). (33.51) I asked Aisha, “What did you use to say (in this case)?” She said, “I used to say to him, “If I could deny you the permission (to go to your other wives) I would not allow your favor to be bestowed on any other person.”
A woman asked ‘A’isha: Should one amongst us complete prayers abandoned during the period of menses? ‘A’isha said: Are you a Haruriya? When any one of us during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in her menses (and abandoned prayer) she was not required to complete them.
I asked ‘A’isha: What is the reason that a menstruating woman completes the fasts (that she abandons during her monthly course). but she does not complete the prayers? She (Hadrat ‘A’isha) said: Are you a Haruriya? I said: I am not a Haruriya, but I simply want to inquire. She said: We passed through this (period of menstruation), and we were ordered to complete the fasts, but were not ordered to complete the prayers.
“Tell your husbands to clean themselves with water, for I am too shy to tell them myself. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do that.”
It was narrated from Umm Hani’ that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed Ghusl, he and Maimunah from a single vessel, a bowl in which there were traces of dough.
“A woman asked ‘Aishah: ‘Should a menstruating woman make up the Salah she misses? She said: ‘Are you a Haruri? We used to menstruate during the time of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) but we did not make up the missed Salah nor were we commanded to do so.'” Meaning are you one of the Khawarij. Harura is a place associated with a group of the Khawarij.
“I remember competing over the vessel with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when he and I were performing Ghusl from it.” See the following narration and no. 240.
“The Messenger Allah went out in the year of the Conquest, fasting during Ramadan. Then when he was in Al-Kadid, he broke his fast.”
The Messenger of Allah forbade soaking (fruits) in Ad-Dubba’ (gourds) and Al-Muzaffat.
“The Messenger of Allah forbade soaking (fruits) in Ad-Dubba’ (gourds) and Al-Muzaffat.”
On the authority of his father that ‘Aishah said: O my nephew, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not prefer one of us to the other in respect of his division of the time of his staying with us. It was very rare that he did not visit us any day (i.e. he visited all of us every day). He would come near each of his wives without having intercourse with her until he reached the one who had her day and passed his night with her. When Saudah daughter of Zam’ah became old and feared that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would divorce her, she said: Messenger of Allah, I give to ‘Aishah the day you visit me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) accepted it from her. She said: We think that Allah, the Exalted, revealed about this or similar matter the Qur’anic verse: “If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband’s part….”
Hunaydah al-Khuza’i reported on the authority of her mother who said: I entered upon Umm Salamah and asked her about fasting. She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to command me to fast three days every month beginning with Monday or Thursday.
“Encourage your Husbands to clean themselves with water, for I am too shy of them, and Allah’s Messenger would do that.”
a woman asked Aishah: “Shouldn’t one of us make up her prayers the days of her menstruation?” So she said, “Are you one of the Haruriyyah? Indeed we would menstruate, and we were not ordered to make up.”
“I heard Mu’adhah saying to Aishah: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah fast three days of every month?’ She replied in the affirmative. So she said: ‘Which of them would he fast?’ She said: ‘Which of them he would fast was not noticeable.'”
“We used to perform prayer while the beasts were passing in front of us. That was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: ‘If something like the hand of a saddle* is placed in front of anyone of you, it will not matter whoever passes in front of him.” * It is the piece of wood on the camel saddle which is held on to (to climb onto the camel).
“I asked ‘Aishah about the fasting of the Prophet (ﷺ). She said: ‘He used to fast until we thought he would always fast. And he used to not fast until we thought he would always not fast. I never saw him fast more in any month than in Sha’ban. He used to fast all of Sha’ban; he used to fast all of Sha’ban except a little.’”
“Aishah told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘There is no divorce and no manumission at the time of coercion.’ “