Hazrat Jabir narrates that a menstruating woman and a woman in a state of major ritual impurity will pour water over their heads without undoing their braids.

Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to his wife: "Pass water through your hair thoroughly so that the fire may not reach the dry parts."

Hazrat Ata and Hazrat Zuhri state that the ritual bath (ghusl) for menstruation and for major ritual impurity (janabah) is the same.

Hazrat Nafi' narrates that the wives of Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and the mothers of his children (slave women who bore him children) did not undo their hair for the ritual bath of menstruation and janabah, but they would thoroughly wet it.

Hazrat Ikrimah was asked about a woman who wishes to perform ghusl after menstruation or janabah. He said: She should loosen her braids and pour water so that it reaches the roots, there is no need to untie them.

Hazrat Abdullah says that a woman will comb through her hair with her fingers; the same is narrated from Hazrat Ata as well.