Aishah said: Umm Habibah had a prolonged flow of blood for seven years. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم commanded her to take bath; so shed used to take bath for every prayer.

Aishah said: Umm Habibah had a prolonged flow of blood during the time of Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He commanded her to take bath for every prayer. The narrator then transmitted the tradition (in full). Abu Dawud said: It has also been narrated by Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi, but I did not hear him. He reported it from Aishah through a different chain of narrators. Aishah said: Zainab daughter of Jahsh had a prolonged flow of blood. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said to her: Take bath for every prayer. The narrator then reported the tradition (in full). Abu Dawud said: The version transmitted by Abd al-Samad from Sulaiman bin Kathir has: "Perform ablution for every prayer. " This is a misunderstanding on the part of Abd al-Samad. The correct version is the one narrated by Abu al-Walid.

Narrated Zaynab daughter of Abu Salamah: Abu Salamah said: Zaynab daughter of Abu Salamah reported to me that a woman had a copious flow of blood. She was the wife of Abdur Rahman ibn Awf. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم commanded her to take a bath at the time of every prayer, and then to pray. He reported to me that Umm Bakr told him that Aishah said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said about a woman who was doubtful of her menstruation after purification that it was a vein or veins. Abu Dawud said: The two commands (of which the Prophet gave option) were as follows in the version reported by Ibn Aqil: He said: If you are strong enough, then take a bath for every prayer; otherwise combine the (two prayers), as al-Qasim reported in his version. This statement was also narrated by Saeed bin Jubair from Ali and Ibn Abbas.

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: A woman had a prolonged flow of blood in the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . She was commanded to advance the afternoon prayer and delay the noon prayer, and to take a bath for them only once; and to delay the sunset prayer and advance the night prayer and to take a bath only once for them; and to take a bath separately for the dawn prayer. I (Shubah) asked Abdur Rahman: (Is it) from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ? I do not report to you anything except from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم .

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Sahlah daughter of Suhayl had a prolonged flow of blood. She came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He commanded her to take a bath for every prayer. When it became hard for her, he commanded her to combine the noon and afternoon prayers with one bath and the sunset and night prayer with one bath, and to take a bath (separately) for the dawn prayer. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Uyainah reported from Abdur-Rahman bin al-Qasim on the authority of his father, saying: A woman had a prolonged flow of blood. She asked the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He commanded her to the same effect.

Asma daughter of Unais said: I said: Messenger of Allah, Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish had a flow of blood for a certain period and did not pray. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Glory be to Allah! This comes from the devil. She should sit in a tub, and when she sees yellowness of the top of the water, she would take a bath once for the Zuhr and Asr prayer, and take another bath for the Maghrib and 'Isha prayers, and take a bath once for the fajr prayer, and in between times she would perform ablution. Abu Dawud said: Mujahid reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas: When bathing became hard for her, he commanded her to combine the two prayers. Abu Dawud said: Ibrahim reported it from Ibn Abbas. This is also the view of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i and Abdullah bin Shaddad.

Narrated Grandfather of Adi ibn Thabit ?: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said about the woman having a prolonged flow of blood: She should abandon prayer during her menstrual period: then she should take a bath and pray. She should perform ablution for every prayer. Abu Dawud said: Uthman added: She should keep fast and pray.

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaysh came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and narrated what happened with her. He said: Then take a bath and then perform ablution for every prayer and pray.

Aishah said about the woman who has a prolonged flow of blood: She should take bath, i. e. only once; then she should perform ablution until he next menstrual period.

This tradition has also been narrated by Aishah through a different chain of transmitters. Abu Dawud said: All the traditions (on this subject) transmitted by Adi bin Thabit and Amash on the authority of Habib and Ayyub al-'Ala, all of them are weak; none of them is sound. This tradition indicatesthe tradition reported by al-Amash a a statement of Companion, i. e. Aishah. Hafs bin Ghayath has rejected the tradition transmitted by Habib as the statement (of the Prophet). And Asbat also reported it as a statement of Aishah. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Dawud has narrated the first part of this tradition as a statement (of the Prophet), and denied that there was any mention of performing ablution for every prayer. The weakness of the tradition reported by Habib is also indicated by the fact that the version transmuted by al-Zuhri from Urwah on the authority of Aishah says that she used to wash herself for every prayer; (these words occur) in the tradition about the woman who has a flow of blood. This tradition has been reported by Abu al-Yaqzan from Adi bin Thabit from his father from Ali, and narrated by Ammar, the freed salve of Banu Hashim, from Ibn Abbas, and transmitted by Abd al-Malik bin Maisarah, Bayan, al-Mughirah, Firas, on the authority of al-Shabi, from Qumair from Aishah, stating: You should perform ablution for every prayer. The version transmitted by Dawud, and Asim from al-Shabi from Qumair from Aishah has the words: She should take bath only once every day. The version reported by Hisham bin Urwah from his father has the words: The woman having a flow of blood should perform ablution for every prayer. All these traditions are weak except the tradition reported by Qumair and the tradition reported by Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, and the tradition narrated by Hisham bin Urwah on the authority of his father. What is commonly known from Ibn Abbas is bathing (for every prayer).