Chapter on Menstruation, Istihada (abnormal bleeding), and Nifas (postpartum bleeding)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 19
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 19

Chapter on Menstruation, Istihada (abnormal bleeding), and Nifas (postpartum bleeding)

فَأَمَّا مَا رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ اَلْمُثَنَّى قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْأَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْحُبْلَى تَرَى اَلدُّفْقَةَ وَ اَلدُّفْقَتَيْنِ مِنَ اَلدَّمِ فِي اَلْأَيَّامِ وَ فِي اَلشَّهْرِ وَ فِي اَلشَّهْرَيْنِ فَقَالَ« تِلْكَ اَلْهِرَاقَةُ لَيْسَ تُمْسِكُ هَذِهِ عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ».
As for what was narrated by Ahmad bin Muhammad, from Ali bin Al-Hakam, from Humayd bin Al-Muthanna, who said: I asked Abu Al-Hasan Al-Awwal عليه السلام about a pregnant woman who sees one or two discharges of blood in a few days, in a month, or over two months. Imam عليه السلام said: "That is discharge (al-hiraqah). Such a woman does not refrain from prayer."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 411
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 92