'A'isha reported: A woman asked the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) how to wash herself after menstruation. She mentioned that he taught her how to take bath and then told her to take a piece of cotton with musk and purify herself. She said: How should I purify myself with that? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Praise be to Allah, purify yourself with it, and covered his face, Sufyan bin 'Uyaina gave a demonstration by covering his face (as the Holy Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had done). 'A'isha reported: I dragged her to my side for I had understood what the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) intended and, therefore, said: Apply this cotton with musk to the trace of blood. Ibn 'Umar in his hadith (has mentioned the words of 'A'isha thus): Apply it to the marks of blood.

'A'isha reported: A woman asked the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) how she should wash herself after the menstrual period. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Take a cotton with musk and purify yourself, and the rest of the hadith was narrated like that of Sufyan.

'A'isha reported: Asma (daughter of Shakal) asked the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about washing after menstruation. He said: Everyone amongst you should use water (mixed with the leaves of the lote-tree) and cleanse herself well, and then pour water on her head and rub it vigorously till it reaches the roots of the hair. Then she should pour water on it. Afterwards she should take a piece of cotton smeared with musk and cleanse herself with it. Asma' said: How should she cleanse herself with the help of that? Upon this he (the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )) observed: Praise be to Allah, she should cleanse herself. 'A'isha said in a subdued tone that she should apply it to the trace of blood. She (Asma) then further asked about bathing after sexual intercourse. He (the Holy Prophet) said: She should take water and cleanse herself well or complete the ablution and then (pour water) on her head and rub it till it reaches the roots of the hair (of her) head and then pour water on her. 'A'isha said: How good are the women of Ansar (helpers) that their shyness does not prevent them from learning religion.

This hadith is narrated by 'Ubaidullah bin Mu'adh with the same chain of transmitters (but for the words) that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Cleanse yourself with it, and he covered (his face on account of shyness).

'A'isha reported: Asma' bin Shakal came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: Messenger of Allah, how should one amongst us take a bath after the menstruation, and the rest of the hadith is the same and there is no mention of bathing because of sexual intercourse.