حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِکٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ بِإِسْنَادِ زُهَيْرٍ وَمَعْنَاهُ وَقَالَ فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ الْحَيْضَةُ فَاتْرُکِي الصَّلَاةَ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ قَدْرُهَا فَاغْسِلِي الدَّمَ عَنْکِ وَصَلِّي
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 283
This tradition has also been transmitted by Zuhair through a different chain of narrators, to the same effect. He said: When the menstruation begins, you should abandon prayer; when the period equal to its length of time passes, you should wash away the blood and pray.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020