'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.

'A'isha reported: Fatimah bin Abu Hubaish came to the Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: I am a woman whose blood keeps flowing (even after the menstruation period). I am never purified; should I, therefore, abandon prayer? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Not at all, for that is only a vein, and is not a menstruation, so when menstruation comes, abandon prayer, and when it ends wash the blood from yourself and then pray.

The hadith narrated by Waki' and with its chain of narrators has been transmitted on the authority of Hisham b. 'Urwa, but in the hadith narrated by Qutaiba on the authority of Jarir, the words are: " There came Fatimah b. Abu Hubaish, b. 'Abd al-Muttalib b. Asad, and she was a woman amongst us," and in the hadith of Hammid b. Zaid there is an addition of a word which we have abandoned mentioning.

'A'isha reported: Umm Habiba bin Jahsh thus asked for a verdict from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ): I am a woman whose blood keeps flowing (after the menstrual period). He (the Holy Prophet) said: That is only a vein, so take a bath and offer prayer; and she took a bath at the time of every prayer. Laith bin Sa'd said: Ibn Shihab made no mention that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had ordered her to take a bath at the time of every prayer, but she did it of her own accord. And in the tradition transmitted by Ibn Rumh there is no mention of Umm Habiba (and there is mention of the daughter of Jahsh only.)

'A'isha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) reported: Umm Habiba bin Jahsh who was the sister-in-law of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and the wife of 'Abdul Rahman bin Auf, remained mustahada for seven years, and she, therefore, asked for the verdict of Shari'ah from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about it. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: This is not menstruation, but (blood from) a vein: so bathe yourself and offer prayer. 'A'isha said: She took a bath in the wash-tub placed in the apartment of her sister Zainab bin Jahsh, till the redness of the blood came over the water. Ibn Shihab said: I narrated it to Abu Bakr (RA) bin 'Abdul Rahman bin al-Harith bin Hisham about it who observed: May Allah have mercy on Hind! would that she listened to this verdict. By Lord, she wept for not offering prayer.

This hadith has been thus reported by another chain of transmitters: Umm Habiba bin Jahsh came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and she had been a mustahada for seven years, and the rest of the hadith was narrated like that of 'Amr bin al-Harith up to the words: "There came the redness of the blood over water." and nothing was narrated beyond it.

The hadith has been narrated by 'A'isha through another chain of transmitters (in these words): I The daughter of jahsh had been mustabida for seven years," and the rest of the hadith is the same (as mentioned above).