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

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 7
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 7

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

مَا أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلْمَلِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَتَى جَارِيَتَهُ وَ هِيَ طَامِثٌ قَالَ« يَسْتَغْفِرُ رَبَّهُ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اَلْمَلِكِ فَإِنَّ اَلنَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ عَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ دِينَارٍ أَوْ دِينَارٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ».
Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Sa’d ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Safwan, from Aban ibn Uthman, from Abdul Malik ibn Amr, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who approached his bondwoman while she was menstruating. Imam عليه السلام said: “He should seek forgiveness from his Lord عز وجل.” Abdul Malik said: “But people say he must pay half a dinar or a dinar.” Abu Abdullah عليه السلام replied: “He should give charity to ten poor individuals.”
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    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 171
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