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Sunan Abu DawudPurification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

After becoming pure (from menstruation), we would not consider brownish and yellowish discharges to be of any significance

Chapter: Concerning The Yellowish And Brownish Discharge After Purification

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 307

Narrator:’Umm ‘Atiyyah

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ الْهُذَيْلِ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، وَكَانَتْ، بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ كُنَّا

لاَ نَعُدُّ الْكُدْرَةَ وَالصُّفْرَةَ بَعْدَ الطُّهْرِ شَيْئًا ‏.‏

’Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), the one who pledged allegiance to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), reported:

After becoming pure (from menstruation), we would not consider brownish and yellowish discharges to be of any significance.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 307, 308).

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Explanation

The female Companion ’Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that after attaining purity from menstruation, women, during the lifetime of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), would not consider the fluid discharged from the vagina - which tends to be blackish or yellowish - to be menses. Hence, such a discharge did not stop them from praying or fasting.

Lessons

  • The fluid discharged from a woman's vagina - after attaining purity from menses - is of no significance even if it looks brownish or yellowish out of the traces derived from the blood.
  • The brownish and yellowish discharge during the usual menstruation period is considered menses because it is blood during the normal bleeding period but it is mixed with fluid.
  • A woman must not refrain from praying or fasting because of the brownish and yellowish discharge after attaining purity from menses; rather, she should make ablution and offer prayer.

Explanation in Arabic

أَخْبَرتْ الصحابيّةُ أُمُّ عَطية رضي الله عنها أنَّ النساء في عَهد النبيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يَعْتَبِرْنَ الماءَ الذي يَخرُج من الفَرْج -والذي يَميل لونُه إلى السواد، أو إلى الاصفرار- بعدَ رؤية الطُّهرِ مِن الحيض: حيضًا، فلا يَتْرُكْنَ الصَّلاة ولا الصوم لأجله.

  • الماء الذي ينزل من فرج المرأة -بعد الطهر من الحيض- لا يُعتبر ولو كان فيه الكدرة والصفرة المكتسبة من الدم.
  • نزول الكدرة والصفرة زمن الحيض والعادة يعتبر حيضًا؛ لأنه دم في وقته، إلا أنه ممتزج بماء.
  • لا تترك المرأة الصلاة ولا الصوم لأجل الكدرة والصفرة التي بعد الطهر، بل تتوضأ وتصلي.

Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 307
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 307
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 307
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 307

Other versions

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 308

The name of Umm al-Hudhail is Hafsah daughter os Sirin. The name of her son was Hudhail and his husband 'Abd al-Rahman.

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، بِمِثْلِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ أُمُّ الْهُذَيْلِ هِيَ حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ سِيرِينَ كَانَ ابْنُهَا…

Narrated by ’Umm ‘Atiyyah

Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 143

After we were pure, we did not consider the yellow or muddy discharge to be anything (i.e. of the menses blood) [Reported by Al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud and the wording is of Abu Dawud].

وَعَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: { كُنَّا لَا نَعُدُّ اَلْكُدْرَةَ وَالصُّفْرَةَ بَعْدَ اَلطُّهْرِ شَيْئًا } رَوَاهُ اَلْبُخَارِيُّ, وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَه ُ 1‏ .‏ ‏1 ‏- صحيح.‏ وهو…

Narrated by ’Umm ‘Atiyyah

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