20 - Ghusl for Menstruation and Postpartum

If a woman gives birth, She should refrain from prayer for ten days, unless She becomes pure (stops bleeding) before that. If the bleeding continues, She should refrain from prayer for up to eighteen days, because Asma…

Hadith.199 - Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) was asked about a man who purchased a female slave who stayed with him for months without menstruating, and this was not due to age, and it was mentioned by women that She…

Hadith.192 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: 'The first blood that fell upon the face of the earth was the blood of Hawwa (Eve) when She menstruated.'

Hadith.193 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: 'Menstruation is a form of impurity that Allah (swt), the Exalted, has afflicted women with. In the time of Noah (as), women would menstruate only once a year until…

Hadith.194 - The Prophet (sw) said: ‘Indeed, Sayyida Fatimah Al-Zahra {S.A} is not like any of you; She does not experience menstrual blood or postnatal bleeding, like the heavenly maidens.'

Hadith.195 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about the saying of Allah (swt), the Exalted: 'They will have therein purified spouses.' [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:25] Imam (as) said: 'The purified spouses are…

Hadith.196 – Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) narrates that: It is narrated regarding a woman who sees yellowish discharge: 'If this occurs two days before her menstrual period, it is considered part of her…

Hadith.197 – Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) narrates: Salman al-Farsi (may Allah (swt) have mercy on him) asked Amir al-Mu'minin (as) about the sustenance of the child in its mother's womb. Imam (as) said:…

Hadith.198 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: 'When a woman reaches the age of fifty, She does not see menstruation except if She is a woman from Quraysh.'

Hadith.200 - It is reported (from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) ) narrated: 'If a man has intercourse with a woman while She is menstruating, he should give charity to a needy person in an amount sufficient to…

Hadith.201 - The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: 'Whoever has intercourse with his wife while She is menstruating, and if the child born from that union is afflicted with leprosy or vitiligo, he should blame only himself.'

Hadith.202 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about those who are deformed in their creation. Imam (as) said: 'They are those whose fathers engaged in intercourse with their wives during menstruation.'

Hadith.203 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: 'No one harbors hatred toward us except one whose birth was impure or whose mother conceived him while She was menstruating.'

Hadith.204 - Ubaidullah ibn Ali Al-Halabi asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about what is permissible for a husband with regard to his menstruating wife. Imam (as) said: 'She should cover herself with a cloth…

‘The Prophet would instruct me, when I was menstruating, to wrap myself with a cloth (izar) and then lie down with him in bed.'

Hadith.206 – (From Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as)), He said: 'The wives of the Prophet did not make up the prayers when they were menstruating. However, when the time for prayer entered, they would use cotton (for…

Hadith.207 - The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said regarding a woman who claimed to have experienced three menstrual cycles in one month: 'Women from her close circle (those familiar with her…

Hadith.208 - Ammar ibn Musa al-Sabati asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about a menstruating woman who performs ghusl (ritual bathing) while saffron remains on her body and is not removed by the water. Imam…

Hadith.209 - Some of the wives of the Prophet (sw) used to comb their hair and wash their heads while they were menstruating.

Hadith.210 - It has been narrated: 'The limit for the postnatal period of refraining from prayer has been set at eighteen days because the minimum duration of menstruation is three days, the maximum is ten days, and the…

I asked him about a woman who experiences labor pains for one or two days or more and sees yellowish discharge or blood. What should She do regarding prayer? Imam (as) said: 'She should pray as long as She has not given…