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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 638

Chapter: What a man may do with his wife when she is menstruating

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 638

Narrator:Umm Habība

حَدَّثَنَا الْخَلِيلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حُدَيْجٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهَا كَيْفَ كُنْتِ تَصْنَعِينَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي الْحَيْضَةِ قَالَتْ

كَانَتْ إِحْدَانَا فِي فَوْرِهَا أَوَّلَ مَا تَحِيضُ تَشُدُّ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارًا إِلَى أَنْصَافِ فَخِذَيْهَا ثُمَّ تَضْطَجِعُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Mu'awiyah bin Abu Sufyan that :

He asked Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet: "What did you used to do with the Messenger of Allah when you were menstruating?" She said: "If it was at the beginning of the period when the bleeding is heavy, we would tie the waist-wrapper tightly around our thighs, then lie down with the Messenger of Allah."

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 638).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( إِلَى أَنْصَاف فَخْذَيْهَا ) فِيهِ أَنَّ وُصُول الْإِزَار إِلَى الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ غَيْر لَازِم وَقَدْ جَاءَ مِثْله فِي غَيْر هَذَا الْحَدِيث أَيْضًا فِي النَّسَائِيِّ وَغَيْره فَالْحَدِيث صَحِيح مَعْنَى وَإِنْ بُحِثَ فِي الزَّوَائِد هَذَا الْإِسْنَاد بَانَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّد بْن إِسْحَاق وَهُوَ يُدَلِّس وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ بِالْعَنْعَنَةِ وَظَاهِر كَلَام الْفُقَهَاء أَنَّهُ لَا بُدّ مِنْ وُصُول الْإِزَار إِلَى الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 638
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 638
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 638
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 638
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