Sunan Abi Dawud 285

Translation

Umm Habibah, daughter of Jahsh and sister-in-law of Messenger of Allah ﷺm and wife of 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf, had a prolonged flow of blood for seven years. She inquired from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: This is not menstruation, but this (due to) a vein. Therefore, wash yourself and pray. Abu Dawud said: In this tradition which is transmitted by al-Zuhri from 'Urwah and 'Urwah on the authority of 'Aishah, al-Awza'i added: She ('Aishah) said: Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh and wife of 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf had a prolonged flow of blood for seven years. The Prophet ﷺ commander her saying: When the menstruation begins, abandon prayer; when it is finished, take a bath and pray. Abu Dawud said: None of the disciple of al-Zuhri mentioned these words except al-Awza'i, from al-Zuhri it has been narrated by 'Amr b. al-Harith, al-Laith, Yunus, Ibn Abi Dhi'b, Ma'mar, Ibrahim b. Sa'd, Sulaiman b. Kathir, Ibn Ishaq and Sufyan b. 'Uyainah, they did not narrate these words. Abu Dawud said: These are the words of the version reported by Hisham b. 'Urwah from this father on the authority of 'Aishah. Abu Dawud said: In this tradition Ibn 'Uyainah also added the words: He commander her to abandon prayer during her menstrual period. This is a misunderstanding on the part of Ibn 'Uyainah. The version of this tradition narrated by Muhammad b. 'Amr from al-Zuhri has the addition similar to that made by al-Awza'i in his version.

Notes

• قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ زَادَ الأَوْزَاعِيُّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَعَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتِ اسْتُحِيضَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ وَهِيَ تَحْتَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ فَأَمَرَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَقْبَلَتِ الْحَيْضَةُ فَدَعِي الصَّلاَةَ وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ فَاغْتَسِلِي وَصَلِّي قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الزُّهْرِيِّ غَيْرَ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَرَوَاهُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَاللَّيْثُ وَيُونُسُ وَابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ وَمَعْمَرٌ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ وَابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَإِنَّمَا هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَزَادَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ فِيهِ أَيْضًا أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَدَعَ الصَّلاَةَ أَيَّامَ أَقْرَائِهَا وَهُوَ وَهَمٌ مِنَ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ وَحَدِيثُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ فِيهِ شَىْءٌ يَقْرُبُ مِنَ الَّذِي زَادَ الأَوْزَاعِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ

  machine translationAbū Dāwūd said: Al-Awzāʿī added in this hadith, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah and ʿAmrah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: Umm Ḥabībah bint Jaḥsh, who was married to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf, suffered from istiḥāḍah (irregular bleeding) for seven years. The Prophet ﷺ instructed her, saying: "When the menstruation comes, leave the prayer, and when it goes, wash yourself and pray." Abū Dāwūd said: None of the companions of al-Zuhrī mentioned these words except al-Awzāʿī. It was narrated from al-Zuhrī by ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith, al-Layth, Yūnus, Ibn Abī Dhiʾb, Maʿmar, Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd, Sulaymān b. Kathīr, Ibn Isḥāq and Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah, and they did not mention these words. Abū Dāwūd said: These are in fact the wording of the hadith of Hishām b. ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah. Abū Dāwūd said: Ibn ʿUyaynah also added in it that he instructed her to leave the prayer during the days of her aqrāʾ (menstrual periods), and this is a mistake (wahm) on the part of Ibn ʿUyaynah. The hadith of Muḥammad b. ʿAmr from al-Zuhrī has something in it close to what al-Awzāʿī added in his hadith. Report a problem

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What scholars said about it

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• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  اختلف عن الزهري في هذا الحديث اختلافا كثيرا فمرة يرويه عن عمرة عن عائشة ومرة عن عروة عن عائشة ومرة عن عروة وعمرة عن عائشة ومرة عن عروة عن فاطمة بنت أبي حبيشوأكثر أصحاب ابن شهاب يقولون فيه عن عروة وعمرة عن عائشة أن أم حبيبة بنت جحش ختنة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهي تحت عبد الرحمن بن عوف استحيضت هكذا يقولون عن ابن شهاب في هذا الحديث أم حبيبة لا يذكرون فاطمة بنت أبي حبيش وحديث ابن شهاب في هذا الباب مضطرب

  machine translationThere is much disagreement among the narrators from al-Zuhrī regarding this hadith. At times he narrates it from ʿAmrah from ʿĀʾishah, at times from ʿUrwah from ʿĀʾishah, at times from ʿUrwah and ʿAmrah from ʿĀʾishah, and at times from ʿUrwah from Fāṭimah bint Abī Ḥubaysh. Most of the students of Ibn Shihāb say in it: from ʿUrwah and ʿAmrah from ʿĀʾishah, that Umm Ḥabībah bint Jaḥsh, the in-law of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who was married to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf, had irregular bleeding (istuḥīḍat). This is how they report it from Ibn Shihāb in this hadith: Umm Ḥabībah, without mentioning Fāṭimah bint Abī Ḥubaysh. The hadith of Ibn Shihāb on this subject is inconsistent (muḍṭarib). Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 285
• إبراهيم الحربي

  والحديث صحيح من حديث الزهري عن عروة وعمرة جميعا عن عائشة أن أم حبيبة قال الشيخ وقول إبراهيم الحديث صحيح وكان من أعلم الناس بهذا الشأن

  machine translationThe hadith is sound (ṣaḥīḥ) from the report of al-Zuhrī from ʿUrwah and ʿAmrah together from ʿĀʾishah, that Umm Ḥabībah... The Shaykh said: and the statement of Ibrāhīm, "The hadith is sound (ṣaḥīḥ)," and he was among the most knowledgeable of people in this field. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 285
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  أحاديث أمرها به الغسل لكل صلاة روي من وجوه كلها ضعيفة

  machine translationThe reports in which she was commanded to perform a ritual bath (ghusl) for every prayer are narrated through several routes, all of them weak (ḍaʿīf). Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 285
• Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Bayhaqī

  أحاديث أمرها به الغسل لكل صلاة روي من وجوه كلها ضعيفة

  machine translationThe reports in which she was commanded to perform a ritual bath (ghusl) for every prayer are narrated through several routes, all of them weak (ḍaʿīf). Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 285

Other narrations of this report

Sunan an-Nasa'i 352al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 1595al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 206al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 211al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 616

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAmrah bt. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Anṣārīyah

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. Abū Ḥassān al-Ziyādī said: it is said she died in the year ninety-eight. Abū ʿUbayd Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá Ibn al-Ḥadhdhāʾ said: she died in 106 AH; Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim said: she died in 103 AH.
   وَعَمْرَةَثقة
   عن
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   ابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
4. 4
   ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist, ḥāfiẓd. 147 AH, or 148 AH, or 149 AH
   عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِثقة فقيه حافظ
   عن
5. 5
   ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb al-Miṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AH
   ابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابد
   أنا
6. 6
   Muḥammad b. Salamah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 248 AH
   وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AH
   أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء

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