Budiya says: The wife of the Messenger, Sayyida Maymunah bint Harith (may Allah be pleased with her), sent me to the wife of Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him); there was a family relation between the two. I saw that her bed was separate and apart from the bed of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him). I thought that this must be due to some displeasure, but when I asked her, she said: There is no displeasure; the matter is that I am menstruating, and when my menstruation begins, he does not come near me. So I went to Sayyida Maymunah and informed her of this situation. She sent me back to Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and sent this message to him: Are you turning away from the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sleep with his menstruating wives, and there would be only a cloth between them, which did not even reach the knees.