Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Hayd (menses) · Examining if Hayd (menses) has Ended or Not · Volume 3, book 2, chapter 6, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهَا الدَّمُ فَلاَ تَدْرِي أَ طَهُرَتْ أَمْ لاَ قَالَ تَقُومُ قَائِماً وَتُلْزِقُ بَطْنَهَا بِحَائِطٍ وَتَسْتَدْخِلُ قُطْنَةً بَيْضَاءَ وَتَرْفَعُ رِجْلَهَا الْيُمْنَى فَإِنْ خَرَجَ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْقُطْنَةِ مِثْلَ رَأْسِ الذُّبَابِ دَمٌ عَبِيطٌ لَمْ تَطْهُرْ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ فَقَدْ طَهُرَتْ تَغْتَسِلُ وَتُصَلِّي.

Published English translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ’Isma‘il ibn Marrar and others from Yunus from those whom he has mentioned, has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the case of a woman who experiences her blood discharge to have stopped but does not know if she is Hayd-free or not. He (the Imam) said, ’She must stand up with her belly leaned against a wall, place a piece of white cotton in her urethra and raise her right leg. Thereafter she examines the piece of cotton. If there is thick dark color blood, even of the size of the head of a fly, on the tip of the piece of cotton, her Hayd (menses) has not stopped; and if there is no blood on the tip of cotton, she must take Ghusl (bath) and perform Salah (prayer).’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرسل

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/211)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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