Narrated from Ummul Momineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): A woman asked the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about how to perform the ritual bath after menstruation. He (peace be upon him) instructed her: "Perform the bath in this manner." He said: "Take a piece of cotton with musk on it and purify yourself with it." She asked, "How should I purify myself with it?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: "Subhan Allah! ... Purify yourself with it." (Ummul Momineen says) So I pulled the woman towards myself and said, "Apply it to the place of blood (the private part)."

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I entered into Ihram with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the Farewell Hajj. I was among those who intended (to perform) Tamattu' Hajj and had not brought a sacrificial animal with them. Then she said that she became menstruating and did not become pure until the night of Arafah. Then she submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! This is the night of the day of Arafah and I had intended Tamattu' with Umrah." So the Messenger of Allah said to her: "Undo your hair (Ihram), comb your hair, and refrain from your Umrah (and perform Hajj)." So I did (as he said). Then when I had completed Hajj, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Abdur Rahman (bin Abi Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him) on the night of Hasbah, and he took me to perform Umrah from Tan'eem in place of the Umrah for which I had entered into Ihram but had not performed.

Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We set out (for Hajj) near the new moon of Dhu al-Hijjah, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“If I had not brought the sacrificial animal (hadi), I would have assumed ihram for ‘Umrah.”So some people assumed ihram for ‘Umrah (Hajj al-Tamattu‘), and some people assumed ihram for Hajj (Qiran), and I was among those who assumed ihram for ‘Umrah. Then the day of ‘Arafah came upon me while I was menstruating, so I complained about this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said:“Suspend your ‘Umrah, undo your hair and comb it, and assume ihram for Hajj.”(So I did as he instructed) until when the night of Hasbah came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent my brother ‘Abdur Rahman bin Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) with me, so I went to Tan‘im and assumed ihram for ‘Umrah in place of the (missed) ‘Umrah. (Hisham, the narrator, says:) For none of these things was there any need to offer a sacrifice, or to fast, or to give charity.

A woman asked Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "Should any of us make up the prayers missed during menstruation after becoming pure?" Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied, "Are you a Haruriyyah (i.e., from the Khawarij)?" Certainly, (when) we were with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and would menstruate, but he did not order us to make up the prayers (missed), or (Umm al-Mu'mineen) said: We did not do so, i.e., we did not make up the missed prayers.

Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated the hadith about menstruation and said that I began to menstruate while I was wrapped in a sheet with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). (For details, see the chapter: A husband resting his head in his wife’s lap while she is menstruating, and reciting the Qur’an.) Here it is further mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to kiss me while he was fasting.

Lady Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "Young women, women in seclusion, and menstruating women should go out and be present in gatherings of goodness and in the supplications of the Muslims, and the menstruating women should stay away from the place of prayer." It was asked, "Should menstruating women (also participate)?" So Lady Umm Atiyyah said, "Do not menstruating women attend such and such works at Arafah?"

Lady Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We did not count brownishness and yellowness (as menstruation).

Narrated from Ummul Momineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! Safiyyah bint Huyayy has started menstruating." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perhaps she will detain us? Did she not perform Tawaf with you all?" The people said: "Yes, she did." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then (there is no harm), let us proceed."

Narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that a woman died during childbirth, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) offered the funeral prayer over her and stood in line with her middle.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) says that when she was menstruating, she would not pray, and she would lie down right in front of the place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray on his sheet, and when he prostrated, some part of his garment would touch me.