It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, concerning a man who has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating: "He should give one dinar or half a dinar in charity." This hadith is sahih (authentic); the two Shaykhs used Miqsam bin Najdah as evidence, and Abd al-Hamid bin Abd al-Rahman is trustworthy and reliable.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): If he has intercourse with her during menstruation (while the blood is flowing), then one dinar; and if he does so after the blood has stopped (before she has bathed), then he should give half a dinar in charity. This hadith has also been narrated as mursal and as mawquf, but our principle is that the musnad and muttasil (connected) narration of a trustworthy narrator is what counts.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: During the heaviest days of our menstruation, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would order us to wrap a waist-wrapper, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would be intimate with us (caressing without intercourse). And which of you has control over his desire as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had? This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim, but they did not record it with this wording; they only agreed on the narration of similar meaning that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would order a menstruating woman to wrap a waist-wrapper and then lie down with her.