Chapter on the Rules of Menstruation, Istihadah, and Nifas, and Purification From Them

The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Hamza al-Alawi, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from Abu Ghalib al-Zurari and Abu al-Qasim Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from al-Hasan ibn Rashid, who said: I said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: "Does the menstruating woman make up the prayer?" Imam عليه السلام said: "No." I said: "Does she make up the fast?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes." I said: "From where does this ruling come?" Imam عليه السلام said: "The first to engage in analogy (qiyas) was Iblis."