119 – ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: “Umm Ḥabībah bint Jahsh complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about continual bleeding, so he said, ‘Stay away from prayer for the length of time your menstruation used to keep you, then perform ghusl.’ After that she would perform ghusl for every prayer.” Recorded by Muslim.
In another wording reported by al-Bukhārī: “and perform wuduʾ for every prayer,” and the same wording is found in Abū Dāwūd and others through a different chain. (1)

Glossary of terms
• complained (shakat): she informed the Prophet ﷺ while expressing the pain caused by this condition.
• stay (imkuthī): cease praying and wait for the duration of your normal menstrual cycle.

Points derived from the ḥadīth
1 – A woman experiencing istiḥāḍah regards herself as menstruating for the number of days her regular menses used to last before the irregular bleeding began.
2 – Once that period has elapsed, she is considered free of menstruation—even if the istiḥāḍah continues—and she performs ghusl, thereby becoming pure of menstruation.
3 – A woman in istiḥāḍah is treated like someone with a continuous nullifier; hence she must renew wuduʾ for every prayer if any discharge that breaks wuduʾ emerges, otherwise her previous state of purification remains valid.
4 – Umm Ḥabībah (may Allah be pleased with her), out of her eagerness to attain complete purity for worship, she