Hadith Twenty-Three

34 – With this same isnād up to Yūsuf ibn Khalīl: Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭarsūsī and Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Karrānī both informed us; they said: Maḥmūd al-Ṣayrafī informed us; Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn Fādhshāh informed us. (An alternate route:) al-Ṭarsūsī also reported to us, saying: Abū Nahshal al-ʿAnbarī narrated to us; Abū Bakr ibn Rīdhah narrated to us. Both strands continue: Abū al-Qāsim al-Ṭabarānī narrated to us; ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrated to us; Abū Naʿīm narrated to us; Abū Ḥanīfah, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah—

Fatimah bint Abī Ḥubaysh said, “Messenger of Allah, I suffer from continuous non-menstrual bleeding; the blood never stops.” He replied, “Refrain from prayer during the days of your menses. When those days are over, perform ghusl (a full ritual bath), then make wuduʾ before every prayer.”