حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْفَضْلِ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ عَنْ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهَا لِي قَالَتْ أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی حَقِيبَةِ رَحْلِهِ قَالَتْ فَوَاللَّهِ لَمْ يَزَلْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَی الصُّبْحِ فَأَنَاخَ وَنَزَلْتُ عَنْ حَقِيبَةِ رَحْلِهِ فَإِذَا بِهَا دَمٌ مِنِّي فَکَانَتْ أَوَّلُ حَيْضَةٍ حِضْتُهَا قَالَتْ فَتَقَبَّضْتُ إِلَی النَّاقَةِ وَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ فَلَمَّا رَأَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا بِي وَرَأَی الدَّمَ قَالَ مَا لَکِ لَعَلَّکِ نَفِسْتِ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَصْلِحِي مِنْ نَفْسِکِ ثُمَّ خُذِي إِنَائً مِنْ مَائٍ فَاطْرَحِي فِيهِ مِلْحًا ثُمَّ اغْسِلِي مَا أَصَابَ الْحَقِيبَةَ مِنْ الدَّمِ ثُمَّ عُودِي لِمَرْکَبِکِ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيْبَرَ رَضَخَ لَنَا مِنْ الْفَيْئِ قَالَتْ وَکَانَتْ لَا تَطَّهَّرُ مِنْ حَيْضَةٍ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْ فِي طَهُورِهَا مِلْحًا وَأَوْصَتْ بِهِ أَنْ يُجْعَلَ فِي غُسْلِهَا حِينَ مَاتَتْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 313
Narrated Woman of Banu Ghifar: Umayyah, daughter of AbusSalt, quoted a certain woman of Banu Ghifar, whose name was mentioned to me, as saying: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made me ride behind him on the rear of the camel saddle. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got down in the morning. He made his camel kneel down and I came down from the back of his saddle. There was a mark of blood on it (saddle) and that was the first menstruation that I had. I stuck to the camel and felt ashamed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw what had happened to me and saw the blood, he said: Perhaps you are menstruating. I said: Yes. He then said: Set yourself right (i. e. tie some cloth to prevent bleeding), then take a vessel of water and put some salt in it, and then wash the blood from the back of the saddle, and then return to your mount. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ conquered Khaybar, he gave us a portion of the booty. Whenever the woman became purified from her menses, she would put salt in water. And when she died, she left a will to put salt in the water for washing her (after death).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020