حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، بِإِسْنَادِ زُهَيْرٍ وَمَعْنَاهُ وَقَالَ " فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَتِ الْحَيْضَةُ فَاتْرُكِي الصَّلاَةَ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ قَدْرُهَا فَاغْسِلِي الدَّمَ عَنْكِ وَصَلِّي " .
This tradition has also been transmitted by Zuhair through a different chain of narrators, to the same effect. He said:
When the menstruation begins, you should abandon prayer; when the period equal to its length of time passes, you should wash away the blood and pray.
Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 283, 282, 285, 288, 290), Al-Bukhari (No. 228, 306, 320, 331), Muslim (No. 333a, 334b), At-Tirmidhi (No. 125), An-Nasa’i (No. 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 212, 217, 218), Ibn Majah (No. 621, 626), Malik (No. 135), Ahmad (No. 23397, 24368, 24443) and Ad-Darimi (No. 761, 767, 771, 772).