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 قَدْ رَوَى أَيْضاً اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلنُّفَسَاءِ كَمْ تَقْعُدُ فَقَالَ« إِنَّ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ عُمَيْسٍ أَمَرَهَا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ لِثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ وَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِأَنْ تَسْتَظْهِرَ بِيَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ».
It is narrated from Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Fadalah, from Al-Ala, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who said:
I asked Abu Ja’far عليه السلام about the duration of nifas (postnatal bleeding). Imam عليه السلام said: "Asma bint Umays was instructed by the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) to perform ghusl after eighteen days, but there is no harm in adding a precautionary day or two."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 187
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