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)
عَنْهُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ كَيْفَ يَغْشَاهَا زَوْجُهَا قَالَ« يَنْظُرُ اَلْأَيَّامَ اَلَّتِي كَانَتْ تَحِيضُ فِيهَا وَ حَيْضَتُهَا مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ فَلاَ يَقْرَبُهَا فِي عِدَّةِ تِلْكَ اَلْأَيَّامِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ اَلشَّهْرِ وَ يَغْشَاهَا فِيمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ اَلْأَيَّامِ وَلاَ يَغْشَاهَا حَتَّى يَأْمُرَهَا فَتَغْتَسِلَ ثُمَّ يَغْشَاهَا إِنْ أَرَادَ».
Narrated from Amr ibn Uthman, from Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, from Ali ibn Ri'ab, from Malik ibn A'yan:
I asked Abu Ja'far عليه السلام about a woman in a state of istihadah (prolonged irregular bleeding) and how her husband may approach her. Imam عليه السلام said: "He should observe the days during which she used to menstruate when her cycle was regular, and he should not approach her during those days of the month. However, he may approach her during the other days. But he should not approach her until he instructs her to perform ghusl (ritual purification), and then he may approach her if he so desires."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 425
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 99