The Book of Purification

Book 1 of 16 · Bulugh al-Maram

179 hadith Hadith 1–179 Sunni
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Book 1 of 16

The Book of Purification

Bulugh al-Maram

179 hadith Hadith 1–179 Sunni

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Compiled in the 15th century CE by al-Asqalani.

The Book of Purification is book 1 of 16 in Bulugh al-Maram, containing 179 hadith.

Hadith in This Book 179 hadith

1 1
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said regarding the sea, "It's water is purifying and its dead (animals) are lawful (to eat)."
2 2
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Water is pure and nothing can make it impure”.
3 3
Narrated Abu Umama Al-Bahili: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Water cannot be rendered impure by anything except something which changes its smell, taste and colour”. .
4 4
“Water is pure unless any impure thing is added which changes its smell, taste and colour”.
5 5
Allah’s Mesenger (ﷺ) said: “If there is enough water to fill two pots (Qulla), it carries no impurity,” Another version has: “It does not become unclean”. {Al-Arba’a reported it.…
6 6
Narrated Abu Huraira (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “None of you should take a bath in stagnant water when he is sexually impure”.
7 7
“None of you should urinate in stagnant water that is not flowing, and then take bath in it”. A version of Muslim has the words “from it (i.e. the water)”. A version of Abu Da’ud…
8 8
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade a women to bathe with the water left over by a man and that a man should not bathe with the water left over by a woman (but instead) they should both…
9 9
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas (rad): The Prophet (ﷺ) used to bath with the water left over by Maimuna (rad) .
10 10
And Ashab As-Sunan (compilers of the prophet’s sayings) reported that one of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) took bath from a vessel, then came the Prophet (ﷺ) and when he wanted to…
11 11
Narrated by Abu Huraira (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “The cleansing of the utensil belonging to one of you, after it has been licked by a dog, is to wash it seven times, and…
12 12
“he should spill the content”.
13 13
At-Tirmidhi’s version has “using soil at the first or last time”.
14 14
Narrated Abu Qatada (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said about the cat that, “It is not unclean, but is one of those who intermingle with you.” .
15 15
Narrated Anas bin Malik (rad): A Bedouin came and urinated in one corner of the mosque and the people shouted at him, but Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) stopped them, and when he finished…
16 16
Narrated Ibn 'Umar (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Two types of dead animals and two types of bloods have been made lawful for us, the two types of dead animals are locusts…
17 17
Narrated Abu Huraira (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “When a fly falls in the drink of one of you, he should fully dip it and then throw it away because there is disease in one…
18 18
“It (the fly) protects itself with the diseased wing (by dipping it first in a drink).
19 19
Narrated Abu Waqid Al-Laithi (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Whatever (portion) is cut off from an animal when it is alive is dead (meat). .
20 20
Narrated Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Do not drink in silver or gold utensils, and do not eat in plates of such metals, for such things are for them…
21 21
Narrated Umm Salama (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “He who drinks in a silver utensil is only swallowing Hell-fire in his stomach”.
22 22
Narrated (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: "When the skin is tanned it becomes purified.” . Al-Arba’a have the words: "Any skin that is tanned ... "
23 23
Narrated (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “The tanning of a dead animal’s skin purifies it”. .
24 24
Narrated (rad): Some people dragging a (dead) goat passed by the Prophet (ﷺ). He told them, “Had you better taken its skin”. They said, “It is dead”. He said, “Water and the…
25 25
Narrated (rad): I said “O Allah’s Messenger! We are living in a land inhabited by the people of the Scriptures; can we take our meals in their utensils?” He said, “If you can get…
26 26
The Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions performed Wudu (ablution) from a skin water container belonging to a polytheist woman . (It is an extract of a long Hadith).
27 27
Narrated Anas bin Malik (rad): When the cup of the Prophet (ﷺ) got broken, he fixed it with a silver wire at the crack .
28 28
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about making vinegar out of wine. He said, “No (it is prohibited)”. .
29 29
On the day of Khaibair, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) commanded Abu Talha to announce: “Allah and His Messenger have prohibited for you (eating of) the flesh of the donkeys, for it is…
30 30
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) delivered a Khutba (religious talk) to us at Mina while mounted on his camel and its saliva was pouring on my shoulders .
31 31
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to wash the semen and then go out for prayer in that (very) garment and I could still see the trace of the washing on it.
32 32
“I used to scrape it (the semen) off the garment of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and then he offered prayer with it.
33 33
Verily! I (‘Aisha) used to scrape it (the semen) off his garment with my nails while it was dry.
34 34
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “The urine of a baby girl should be washed off and the urine of baby boy should be sprinkled (with water)”. .
35 35
The Prophet (Saw) said regarding menstruation blood that smears a garment, “She should scrape it, rub it with water, then wash it and then she may pray in it”.
36 36
Khaula said, “O Messenger of Allah, suppose the (trace of) the blood does not go?” He said, “(Washing it with) water will suffice you and its trace won’t harm you”. .
37 37
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said “Had I not feared burdening my Ummah, I would have commanded them to use Siwak with every ablution.” [Reported by Malik, Ahmad and An-Nasai. Ibn…
38 38
Uthman (rad) called for water to perform ablution. He washed palms of his hands three times, then rinsed his mouth and sniffed water in his nose and then blew it out. He then…
39 39
He (the Prophet) wiped his head (with water) only once. .
40 40
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) wiped his head from the forehead to the back of his head and then back to the forehead with his (wet) hands. .
41 41
"He started with the front of his head, moved them (his hands) to the nape of his neck, and then returned them to the place where he started."
42 42
“Then he (Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)) wiped his head, inserted his index finger in his ears and wiped the exterior of his ears with thumbs”. .
43 43
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “When one of you wakes up from his sleep, he must blow of his nose three times, for the Satan spends the night inside one’s nostrils” .
44 44
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “When one of you wakes up from his sleep, he must not put his hand in a utensil till he washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand was…
45 45
Allah’s Mesenger (ﷺ) said: “Perform a perfect Wudu run (your fingers) through the fingers of the hands and the toes, and if not fasting, sniff water up well inside the nose”. .
46 46
“If you perform ablution rinse your mouth”.
47 47
While performing Wudu, the Prophet (ﷺ) would run (his fingers) through his beard. .
48 48
Two thirds of a Mudd (of water) was brought to he Prophet (ﷺ) (for ablution) so he began rubbing his arms. .
49 49
He saw the Prophet (ﷺ) taking some water to wipe his ears other than the water he had taken to wipe his head. .
50 50
“he wiped his head taking extra water from that he had taken for the washing of the hands”, and this Hadith is Al-Mahfuz.
51 51
I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “My people will come on the Day of Resurrection with bright faces, hands and feet from the traces of Wudu. If any of you can lengthen his…
52 52
Allah’s Messenger (rad) loved to begin with the right while putting on his shoes, combing his hair, in his purification and in all his affairs .
53 53
Allah’s Messenger (rad) said: “When you perform ablution, begin with your right limbs”. .
54 54
The Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution and passed wet hands on his forelock, over the turban and over the two leather socks. .
55 55
Regarding the Hajj of the Prophet (ﷺ): He said, “Begin with what Allah had begun with” .
56 56
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to run the water down his elbows while performing ablution .
57 57
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “There is no Wudu for one who does not mention Allah’s Name upon it. .
58 58
At-Tirmidhi reported something similar to the above from Sa’id bin Zaid.
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and Abu Sa’id like this.
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and Ahmad said that nothing is authenticated in it.
61 61
“I saw Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) rinsing his mouth and sniffing up and blowing his nose with separate scops of water.” .
62 62
The Prophet (ﷺ) rinsed his mouth and sniffed and blew (his nose) with water three times. He sniffed up and blew his nose with the same hand from which he took the water.
63 63
The Prophet (ﷺ) put his hand (in the utensil) rinsed (his mouth) and sniffed up and blew (his nose) from one scoop (of water). He did that three times. .
64 64
The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a man on whose foot appeared a portion like the size of a nail which was not touched by water. He then said, “Go back and perform your Wudu properly.” .
65 65
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used only one Mudd of water for ablution and one Sa’ to five Mudd of water for his bath .
66 66
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “If one after performing ablution completely recites the following supplication: (Ash-hadu an la ilaha ill-Allahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, wa ash hadu…
67 67
(Allahumma aj’alni minat-tawwabina waj’alni minAl-mutatahhirina) “Oh Allah! Include me among those who repent and those who keep themselves pure”.
68 68
Once I was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ), he then performed ablution and I dashed to take off his socks. He said, “Leave them for I had put them on after performing ablution”.…
69 69
The Prophet (ﷺ) wiped over the upper part of the leather socks and the under part of it. .
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If the religion were based on opinion, it would be more important to wipe over the under parts of the leather socks than the upper, but I have seen Allah’s Messenger (rad) wiping…
71 71
When we were on a journey, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to command us to wear our leather socks for three days and three nights, whether we had to answer the call of nature or slept.…
72 72
The Prophet (ﷺ) fixed the period of Mash (wiping) over the leather socks (Khifaf – plural of Khuff) for three days and nights for a traveller and one day and a night for the…
73 73
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) sent out a military expedition and commanded them to wipe over the turbans and leather socks. .
74 74
“If one of you performs ablution and puts on his two leather socks, let him perform Mash (wipe) over them and pray in them and he may not take them off he so wishes except after…
75 75
The Prophet (ﷺ) gave permission for the traveller to perform Mash (wiping) over his leather socks for three days and nights and for a non-traveller for a day and night, if he had…
76 76
I asked, “O Messenger of Allah, may I wipe over the Khuffain (leather socks)?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Yes”. I asked, “For one day?” He replied, “For one day”, I again asked,…
77 77
The Companions of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) in his lifetime used to wait for the ‘Isha (night) prayer, so much so that their heads were lowered down (by dozing). They would then pray…
78 78
Its origin is in Muslim.
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Fatima bint Abu Hubaish came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I am a woman whose blood keeps flowing (even after the menstruation). I am never purified; should…
80 80
“Then perform ablution for every prayer”.
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and Muslim admitted that he dropped this addition deliberately.
82 82
I was one who Madhi (urethral discharge) flowed readily and asked Miqdad (his slave) to ask the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. He (the Prophet) said:“One should perform Wudu (ablution) in…
83 83
The Prophet (ﷺ) kissed one of his wives and went to pray without performing (fresh) ablution. .
84 84
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “If one of you feels disturbance in his stomach and doubts whether he has released some wind or not, then he should not leave the mosque unless he…
85 85
A man said: “I touched my penis” or he said, “Does a man who touch his penis during the prayer should perform Wudu (ablution)?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “No, it is only a part of…
86 86
and Ibn Al-Madini said, “It is better than the Hadith of Busra".
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “He who touches his penis should perform ablution”. [Reported by Al-Khamsa, and At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (sound).
88 88
and Al-Bukhari said, “It is the most authentic in this chapter”.
89 89
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Whoever vomits, bleeds through the nose, or released Madhi (urethral discharge) should go, perform ablution and then complete his Salat (prayer) (by…
90 90
and Ahmad and others graded it Da’if
91 91
A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ), “Should I perform ablution after eating mutton?” He replied, “If you wish so”, he then asked, “Should I perform ablution after eating camel meat?” He…
92 92
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever washes a dead person should take a bath (thereafter); and whoever carries it should perform ablution”. Reported by Ahmad, An-Nasa’i and At-Tirmidhi…
93 93
And Ahmad said that there is no authentic Hadith in this chapter.
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The book written by Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) for ‘Amr bin Hazm also contained: “ None except a pure person should touch the Quran”. .
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to mention Allah’s Name (praise Him) at all times. .
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The Prophet (ﷺ) had blood extracted from his body and offered the prayer and did not perform (a new) ablution. .
97 97
Allah’s Messenger (saW) said: “The eye (when awake) is the string of the anus (to stop air escaping), and if the two eyes sleep the string is untied”. ”
98 98
Also reported by Abu Da’ud mentioning the above addition without the words “the string is untied”, but both versions are weak.
99 99
“Ablution is necessary for one who sleeps while he is lying flat. .
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Satan comes to one of you in Salat and blows air in his bottom, so he imagines that he has realised air yet he did not. So if he gets that feeling he…
101 101
It is originally from the Sahihain of Bukhari and Muslim as the Hadith narrated by ‘Abdullah bin Zaid.
102 102
And Muslim reported by Abu Huraira likewise.
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“If Satan comes to one of you and says: ‘You have nullified your ablution (by releasing air)’, let him say: ‘You have lied.” .
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“Let him say in his heart...”
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to remove his ring when entering the lavatory. .
106 106
The Prophet (ﷺ) on entering the lavatory used to say: “O Allah, I seek refuge with You from devils – males and females (or all offensive and wicked things, evil deeds and evil…
107 107
Whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went to the privy, a servant and I used to carry a skin water container and a spear, and he would cleanse himself with the water. .
108 108
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) told me, “Take the skin water”, he then went forward till he disappeared from me and relieved himself
109 109
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Safeguard yourselves from the two matters which cause accursing that befalls the one who relieves himself on people’s path-ways and under the shades.”…
110 110
He said: “Guard against the three things which cause curse (i.e.) defecating at the watering places, on the roadbeds and in the shades.”
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Ahmad reported from Ibn Abbas (rad) that defecation is prohibited also at the place where water collects. .
112 112
At-Tabarani also narrated on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar (with a weak chain of narrators), the prohibition of relieving oneself under fruit trees and beside the bank of a flowing…
113 113
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “When two people go together to relieve themselves they should disappear from each other and do not talk, for Allah detests that”. .
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Nobody should touch his pennies with his right hand when urinating, and should not clean himself (from defecation or urine) using his right hand and…
115 115
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade us to face the Qiblah when defecating or urinating, or to clean ourselves using the right hand, or to clean ourselves with less than three stones, or…
116 116
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) “Neither face nor turn your back to the Qiblah while defecating or urinating, but turn towards the east or the west”.
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If anyone goes to relive himself, he should conceal himself”. .
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When the Prophet (ﷺ) came out of the privy, he used to say, “Ghufranaka (O Allah! Grant me Your forgiveness)”. .
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The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So I took a dried…
120 120
“Bring me more (something other than dung)”].
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade us to use a bone or dung for cleaning and said, “These two things do not purify”. .
122 122
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Beware of (smearing yourselves with) urine, because it is the main cause of punishment in the grave”.
123 123
“Urination is the main cause of punishment in the grave”. .
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) educated us about lavatory (manners) that we should sit on our left foot and keep erect our right foot. .
125 125
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “When one of you passes urine, he should empty his penis three times”. .
126 126
The Prophet (ﷺ) asked the residents of Quba that what had earned them the Praise of Allah and they replied, “We use water after (cleaning ourselves with) stones.”
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and its Asl (original source) is in Abu Da’ud and At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Khuzaima graded it Sahih (sound) through Abu Huraira (rad) without mentioning the “stones”.]
128 128
Allah’s Mesenger (ﷺ) said: “The water (of the ghusl) is due to the water (of sexual emission)”.
129 129
and its Asl (origin) is in Al-Bukhari.
130 130
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said that, “If one of you sits between her legs (of a woman) and penetrates her, Ghusl (bath) is obligatory.” .
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“Even if he does not ejaculate”.
132 132
Umm Sulaim, the wife Abu Talha said, “O Allah’s Messenger! Allah is not ashamed of the truth. Is a Ghusl (bath) compulsory for a woman when she has a sexual dream?” He (ﷺ)…
133 133
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said about the precept of a woman having ejaculation during sleep like a man, “She should take a Ghusl (bath)”.
134 134
Umm Salama said, “Does this happen (to a woman)?” He (ﷺ) said: “Yes, otherwise where does the resemblance (of a child to its mother) come from?”
135 135
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to take a bath from four things; after sexual intercourse, on Fridays, after extracting blood from his body and after washing a dead body.
136 136
The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered him to take a bath.
137 137
and its origin is in Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
138 138
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Taking a bath on Friday is a must for every adult”. .
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Whoever performs ablution on Friday has done a good thing and he who takes bath, taking bath is better (for him).”
140 140
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach us the Qur’an except when he was in a state of sexual impurity. .
141 141
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “If one of you has sexual intercourse with his wife and wishes to repeat he should perform ablution between them” .
142 142
“Ablution makes one active for repeating (the sexual act).”
143 143
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to sleep in the state of sexual impurity without touching water. .
144 144
Whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) took Ghusl (bath) after sexual intercourse, he would begin by washing his hands, then pour water with his right hand on his left hand and wash his…
145 145
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) poured water over his private parts and washed them with his left hand. He then struck his hand against the earth.
146 146
"And he wiped it with earth".
147 147
And in the last of this version: “I handed him a piece of cloth, but he did not take it... He started shaking the water off his hand.”
148 148
I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a woman who keeps her hair closely plaited. Do I have to undo them for Ghusl after sexual intercourse?" In another narration, "and after the…
149 149
Allah's messenger (ﷺ) said: "It is not permitted for a menstruating woman or one who is junub (sexually impure) to stay in the mosque." Related by Abu Dawud and Ibn Khuzaimah…
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I and Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) took a Ghusl (bath) due to sexual impurity from the same vessel and our hands alternated into it. Ibn Hibban added "and (our hands)…
151 151
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: "There is Janabah (trace of sexual impurity) under every hair, so wash your hair and cleanse the skin." Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi…
152 152
Ahmad transmitted a similar narration to the above, on the authority of `A'ishah (RAA), but this version has an unknown transmitter.
153 153
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "I have been given five things which were not given to anyone else before me. Allah made me victorious by awe (of frightening my enemies) for a distance of…
154 154
"And the soil of the earth had been made for us as a means with which to purify ourselves (for prayer), when we cannot find water." Related by Muslim.
155 155
"The earth (dust) has been made for me as a means for purification."
156 156
The Prophet (ﷺ) sent me on some errands and I became junub (sexually impure), and could not find water. I rolled myself in the dirt just as an animal does. I then came to the…
157 157
'He (ﷺ) struck the earth with the palms of his hands, blew in them and wiped his face and hands with them.
158 158
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Tayammum is two strikes: one for the face and one for the hands up to the elbows." Reported by Ad-Daraqutni
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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The soil is a purifier for a Muslim, even if he does not find water for ten years; but if he finds water, he must fear Allah and let it touch his…
160 160
a similar Hadith transmitted by at-Tirmidhi
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Two men set out on a journey and when the time of Salat (prayer) came they had no water. They performed Tayammum with clean earth and prayed. Later on they found water within the…
162 162
concerning the verse, “And if you are ill or on a journey...” (an-Nisa': 43). He said, "If a man sustains a wound, which he suffered during Jihad (in the cause of Allah) or…
163 163
One of my forearms was broken. Then I consulted Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) and he ordered me to wipe over the bandages. .
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concerning the man who had a head injury, and then he made Ghusl and died: Allah's Messenger Peace be upon him said, "It would have been enough for him to perform Tayammum and…
165 165
It is from the Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ) for the man to pray only one prayer with each Tayammum, and then perform Tayammum for the next prayer.
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Fatima bint Abu Hubaish used to have a prolonged flow of blood (Istihadah) and so Allah’s Messenger (Peace be upon him)· told her, "If it is the blood of menstruation it will be…
167 167
) "She should sit in a tub, and if she sees yellowness appearing (on top of the water) she should wash (three times), once for the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, and once for the Maghrib…
168 168
'I had a very strong prolonged flow of blood. I went to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) to ask him about it. He said, "This is a strike from Satan. So observe your menses for six…
169 169
Umm Habiba bint Jahsh complained to Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) about a prolonged flow of blood. He said to her, "Keep away (from prayer) as long as your normal period…
170 170
"And perform ablution for every Salat (prayer)". Abu Dawud and others transmitted a similar narration.
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After we were pure, we did not consider the yellow or muddy discharge to be anything (i.e. of the menses blood) .
172 172
The Jews used not to eat with a woman during her menstruation period, so the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: "Do every thing else apart from sexual intercourse (with your…
173 173
When I was menstruating, the Prophet saws would order me to wrap myself up (with an Izar, which is a dress worn below the waist) and would start fondling me. Reported by…
174 174
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said regarding a husband who has sexual intercourse with his wife during her menstruation period, "He must pay a Dinar or half a Dinar in way…
175 175
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: "Is it not the case that when a woman menstruates, she neither prays nor fasts?"
176 176
When we came to a place called Sarif, I menstruated and the Prophet (Peace be upon him) told me, "You should perform all that a pilgrim would do, except circumambulation until you…
177 177
He asked the Prophet (Peace be upon him), “What is lawful for a man regarding his wife when she is menstruating?" and he replied, "What is above the waist wrapper (Izar).”
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During the lifetime of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) the women having bleeding after delivery (postnatal or puerperal blood) would refrain (from prayer) for forty days. .
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"The Prophet (Peace be upon him) did not command her to repeat the prayers (missed during the period of bleeding)."