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)

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ عَنِ اَلْمَرْأَةِ تَرَى اَلصُّفْرَةَ فَقَالَ« مَا كَانَ قَبْلَ اَلْحَيْضِ فَهُوَ مِنَ اَلْحَيْضِ وَ مَا كَانَ بَعْدَ اَلْحَيْضِ فَلَيْسَ مِنْهُ».
Ahmad ibn Muhammad reported from Muhammad ibn Khalid, from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah, who said: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام was asked, while I was present, about a woman who sees yellowish discharge (sufrah). Imam عليه السلام said: "What occurs before menstruation is considered part of menstruation, and what occurs after menstruation is not considered part of it."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 420
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb