حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ أَنْتَ تُفْتِي الْحَائِضَ أَنْ تَصْدُرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَكُونَ آخِرُ عَهْدِهَا بِالْبَيْتِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَلَا تُفْتِي بِذَلِكَ قَالَ إِمَّا لَا فَاسْأَلْ فُلَانَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةَ هَلْ أَمَرَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذَلِكَ فَرَجَعَ زَيْدٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَضْحَكُ فَقَالَ مَا أُرَاكَ إِلَّا قَدْ صَدَقْتَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 1990
It was narrated that Tawoos said: I was with Ibn 'Abbas, when Zaid bin Thabit said: Are you ruling that a menstruating woman may leave before the last thing she does is to circumambulate the House? Ibn 'Abbas said: Yes. Thabit said: Do not do that. Ibn 'Abbas said: Why not? Go and ask So and so, the Ansari woman, whether the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) told her to do that? Zaid came back to Ibn 'Abbas smiling and said: I see that you were telling the truth.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020