Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says: We all set out from Madinah with only the intention of Hajj. Then, when we reached (the place) Sarif, I began menstruating. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me while I was crying, and he said:“What has happened to you, have you started menstruating?”I said,“Yes.”He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“This is something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam, so do what the pilgrim does, except do not perform Tawaf of the Ka’bah.”Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says (then) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) offered a sacrifice of a cow on behalf of his wives.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says: "I used to comb the hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while I was menstruating."

In one narration, it is mentioned that (Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa, may Allah be pleased with her, says) the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would observe i'tikaf in the mosque and would extend his blessed head into the room of Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and she, while in the state of menstruation, would remain in her room and comb the blessed hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would rest his blessed head in my lap, using it as a pillow, even though I was menstruating, and then he (peace be upon him) would recite the Noble Qur'an.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: While I was lying with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) under a single sheet, suddenly I began menstruating, so I quietly slipped away and managed my menstrual clothes. He asked, "Have you started menstruating (experienced nifas/menstruation)?" I replied, "Yes." Then he called me, and I lay with him under the same sheet.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and I used to perform ghusl (ritual bath) from a single vessel while we were both in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity). During my menstruation, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would instruct me, so I would wear (tie) an izar (lower garment), then he would have physical contact with me (that is, our bodies would touch, but he would not have intercourse). And while in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat), he would extend his blessed head towards me and I would wash it, even though I was menstruating.

Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When any of us women would be menstruating and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wished to be intimate with her, he would instruct her to wear an izar (lower garment) during the period of menstruation (at the time of its intensity and dominance), then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would be intimate with her (but would not have intercourse). Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Who among you can control his desire as much as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to control his desire?

Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went out on the day of Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr and passed by a group of women (in the Eid prayer ground). He said: "O women! Give charity, for I have seen that you are the majority of the inhabitants of Hell." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Why is that?" He replied: "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion who can overcome the wisdom of a resolute man than you." The women asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What is the deficiency in our intelligence and religion?" He said: "Is not the testimony of a woman equal to half the testimony of a man (according to Islamic law)?" They replied, "Yes." He said: "That is the deficiency in her intelligence. And is it not the case that when a woman menstruates, she neither prays nor fasts?" They replied, "Yes." He said: "That is the deficiency in her religion."

Narrated from Ummul Momineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that none of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) observed I'tikaf with him except that she was suffering from Istihada (non-menstrual bleeding), and she would see the blood (flowing). So, due to the abundance of blood, she would often place a basin under herself.

Lady Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: (During the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him) we were forbidden to mourn for any deceased person for more than three days, except for a husband, for whom mourning was prescribed for four months and ten days. During this period, we would not apply kohl, nor wear perfume, nor wear colored clothes except for ‘Asb (a type of cloth whose thread is dyed before weaving). And after purification, when any of us who was menstruating became pure, we were allowed to use a little bit of costus perfume. And we were forbidden from accompanying funeral processions.