أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِثٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ کَانَتْ الْيَهُودُ إِذَا حَاضَتْ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْهُمْ لَمْ يُؤَاکِلُوهُنَّ وَلَمْ يُشَارِبُوهُنَّ وَلَمْ يُجَامِعُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ فَسَأَلُوا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِکَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَيَسْأَلُونَکَ عَنْ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًی الْآيَةَ فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُؤَاکِلُوهُنَّ وَيُشَارِبُوهُنَّ وَيُجَامِعُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ وَأَنْ يَصْنَعُوا بِهِنَّ کُلَّ شَيْئٍ مَا خَلَا الْجِمَاعَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 291
It was narrated that Anas said: “When one of their womenfolk menstruated, the Jews would not eat or drink with them, nor mix with them in their houses. They asked the Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم about that, and Allah the Mighty and Sublime revealed: They ask you concerning menstruation. Say: ‘That is an Adha (a harmful thing).’ So the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم commanded them to eat and drink with them (menstruating women) and to mix with them in their houses, and to do everything with them except intercourse. The Jews said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم does not leave anything of our affairs except he goes against it.’ Usaid bin Hudair and ‘Abbasd bin Bishr went and told the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and they said: ‘Should we have intercourse with them when they are menstruating?’ The expression of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم changed greatly until we thought that he was angry with them, and they left. Then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم received a gift of milk, so he sent someone to bring them back and he gave them some to drink, so they knew that he was not angry with them.”(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020