It was also recorded by al-Dārimī (1/238). Al-Ḥāfiẓ made no comment on it (13), and its chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

Abū Dāwūd also narrated it with similar wording. See Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd (vol. 3, no. 383).

The hadith indicates that menstrual blood is an impurity, since the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded that it be washed away. Its apparent meaning is that washing alone suffices, and that it is not obligatory to use abrasive substances or other agents that remove the trace of the blood. This is supported by the following hadith:

“When the blood of menstruation gets on the garment of one of you, she should rub it, then sprinkle it with water, and then pray in it.”

In another narration: “Then rub it with water, then sprinkle water over the rest of it.”

299 — “When the blood of menstruation gets on the garment of one of you, she should rub it, then sprinkle it with water, and then pray in it.”

It was recorded by Mālik (1/79), and from him by al-Bukhārī (1/325), Muslim (1/166), Abū Dāwūd (vol. 3, no. 386 in Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd), and al-Bayhaqī (1/13), all through Mālik, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from Fāṭimah bint al-Mundhir ibn al-Zubayr, from Asmāʾ bint Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, who said:

“A woman asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saying: ‘Tell me, if the blood of menstruation gets on the garment of one of us, what should she do with it?’ The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said ...”

He then cited it.

Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd also narrated the same report from Hishām. It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (1/264), Muslim, al-Bayhaqī (2/406), and Aḥmad (6/346, 353).

Ḥammād ibn Salamah also narrated it from him, adding: “And sprinkle water around it.” It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (no. 387), al-Nasāʾī (1/69), and Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī (1638). The addition occurs in al-Ṭayālisī’s version, while Abū Dāwūd’s narration conveys the same meaning.