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
وَ أَخْبَرَنِي اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ اَلنُّفَسَاءُ مَتَى تُصَلِّي قَالَ« تَقْعُدُ قَدْرَ حَيْضِهَا وَ تَسْتَظْهِرُ بِيَوْمَيْنِ فَإِنِ اِنْقَطَعَ اَلدَّمُ وَإِلاَّ اِغْتَسَلَتْ وَاِحْتَشَتْ وَاِسْتَثْفَرَتْ وَ صَلَّتْ فَإِنْ جَازَ اَلدَّمُ اَلْكُرْسُفَ تَعَصَّبَتْ وَ اِغْتَسَلَتْ ثُمَّ صَلَّتِ اَلْغَدَاةَ بِغُسْلٍ وَ اَلظُّهْرَ وَ اَلْعَصْرَ بِغُسْلٍ وَ اَلْمَغْرِبَ وَ اَلْعِشَاءَ بِغُسْلٍ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَجُزِ اَلْكُرْسُفَ صَلَّتْ بِغُسْلٍ وَاحِدٍ» قُلْتُ فَالْحَائِضُ قَالَ« مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ سَوَاءً فَإِنِ اِنْقَطَعَ عَنْهَا اَلدَّمُ وَ إِلاَّ فَهِيَ مُسْتَحَاضَةٌ تَصْنَعُ مِثْلَ اَلنُّفَسَاءِ سَوَاءً ثُمَّ تُصَلِّي وَ لاَ تَدَعُ اَلصَّلاَةَ عَلَى حَالٍ فَإِنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ« اَلصَّلاَةُ عِمَادُ دِينِكُمْ»».
The Shaykh (Al-Mufid) narrated to me from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Sa’d ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Hariz, from Zurara:
I asked Imam عليه السلام: "When does the woman in a state of nifas begin praying?" Imam عليه السلام said: “She refrains from prayer for the duration of her usual menstrual period and then adds two days as a precaution. If the blood stops, she performs ghusl, uses a cotton pad, and secures herself. If the blood continues and soaks through the cotton pad, she should tightly bind herself, perform ghusl, and pray Fajr with one ghusl, Dhuhr and Asr with one ghusl, and Maghrib and Isha with one ghusl. If the blood does not soak through the cotton pad, she can pray with one ghusl only." I asked: "What about a menstruating woman?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "It is the same. If the blood stops, she performs ghusl. If not, she is considered in a state of istihadha (irregular bleeding) and follows the same rules as the woman in nifas. She should pray and never leave off prayer in any state, for the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: 'Prayer is the pillar of your religion.'"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 182
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 87