حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا بَکَّارُ بْنُ يَحْيَی حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي قَالَتْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَی أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَسَأَلَتْهَا امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ فِي ثَوْبِ الْحَائِضِ فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ قَدْ کَانَ يُصِيبُنَا الْحَيْضُ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَلْبَثُ إِحْدَانَا أَيَّامَ حَيْضِهَا ثُمَّ تَطَّهَّرُ فَتَنْظُرُ الثَّوْبَ الَّذِي کَانَتْ تَقْلِبُ فِيهِ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ دَمٌ غَسَلْنَاهُ وَصَلَّيْنَا فِيهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَکُنْ أَصَابَهُ شَيْئٌ تَرَکْنَاهُ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنَا ذَلِکَ مِنْ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ وَأَمَّا الْمُمْتَشِطَةُ فَکَانَتْ إِحْدَانَا تَکُونُ مُمْتَشِطَةً فَإِذَا اغْتَسَلَتْ لَمْ تَنْقُضْ ذَلِکَ وَلَکِنَّهَا تَحْفِنُ عَلَی رَأْسِهَا ثَلَاثَ حَفَنَاتٍ فَإِذَا رَأَتْ الْبَلَلَ فِي أُصُولِ الشَّعْرِ دَلَکَتْهُ ثُمَّ أَفَاضَتْ عَلَی سَائِرِ جَسَدِهَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 359
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Muminin: Bakkar ibn Yahya said that his grandmother narrated to him: I entered upon Umm Salamah. A woman from the Quraysh asked her about praying with the clothes which a woman wore while she menstruated. Umm Salamah said: We would menstruate in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then each one of us refrained (from prayer) during menstrual period. When she was purified, she would look at the clothe in which she menstruated. If it were smeared with blood, we would wash it and pray with it; if there were nothing in it, we would leave it and that would not prevent us from praying with it (the same clothe). As regards the woman who had plaited hair - sometimes each of us had plaited hair - when she washed, she would not undo the hair. She would instead pour three handfuls of water upon her head. When she felt moisture in the roots of her hair, she would rub them. Then she would pour water upon her whole body.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020