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Al-Kafi · Hadith 4

The Book of Hayd (menses) · Women Must Make-up-for Fasting Because of Hayd but Not Salah (Prayer) · Volume 3, book 2, chapter 18, Hadith 4

Original Arabic text

4ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلًّى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) إِنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ رَوَى عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ لَهُ إِنَّ الْحَائِضَ تَقْضِي الصَّلاَةَ فَقَالَ مَا لَهُ لاَ وَفَّقَهُ الله إِنَّ امْرَأَةَ عِمْرَانَ نَذَرَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا مُحَرَّراً وَالْمُحَرَّرُ لِلْمَسْجِدِ يَدْخُلُهُ ثُمَّ لاَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ أَبَداً فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْها قالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُها أُنْثى‏... وَلَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالأنْثى‏ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا أَدْخَلَتْهَا الْمَسْجِدَ فَسَاهَمَتْ عَلَيْهَا الأنْبِيَاءُ فَأَصَابَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ زَكَرِيَّا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا فَلَمْ تَخْرُجْ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْ مَا تَبْلُغُ النِّسَاءُ خَرَجَتْ فَهَلْ كَانَتْ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ تَقْضِيَ تِلْكَ الأيَّامَ الَّتِي خَرَجَتْ وَهِيَ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَكُونَ الدَّهْرَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ.

Published English translation

4. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ from al-Washsha’ from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ’Isma‘il al- -Ju’fiy who has said the following: “I once said to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), that al-Mughirah ibn Sa‘id has narrated from you that you have said, ‘A woman is required to perform Qada’ (compensatory prayer) of Salah (prayer) she has missed when experiencing Hayd (menses). He (the Imam) said, ‘What has happened to him, may Allah not accord him. The wife of ‘Imran made a vow about what was in her belly to be dedicated. What is dedicated to Masjid enters it then does not come out whereof forever. When she gave birth she said, ‘My Cherisher, I have given birth to a female. . . . and male is not like a female.’ When she gave birth she entered the Masjid, prophets cooperated with her and the raffle came out in the name of Zakariya’ who took charge of her upbringing. She did not come out of the Masjid until she was an adult. When she became what women become, she moved out. Was she able to perform Qada’ (compensatory prayer) of the days of Salah (prayer) she was out of the Masjid while she must have remained in the Masjid forever?”’ (The terms of dedication may not allow her to perform the form of Salah (prayer) Qada’ (compensatory prayer) required from her).

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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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