293 — Yahya ibn Habib ibn Arabi informed us, from Hammad ibn Zayd, from Hisham ibn Urwa, from Fatima bint al-Mundhir, from Asma bint Abi Bakr — and she used to be in her care(1) — that a woman asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, for a legal ruling about menstrual blood that gets on a garment. He said: "Scrape it off, then rub it with water, then sprinkle it, and pray in it."(3)

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It was also recorded by Ahmad (27002) from Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, from Sufyan al-Thawri, with the same chain.

Ibn Hibban said: The Prophet's, peace be upon him, statement "wash it with water" is a command of obligation, while the mention of sidr (lotus leaves) and rubbing with a rib are commands of recommendation and guidance.

The hadith will be repeated with its chain and text at number (395).

His statement: "with a rib" (bi-diliʿ) — with a kasra on the muʿjama letter and a fatha on the lam, meaning "with a stick." It is originally one of the ribs of an animal; the stick is meant by it due to its resemblance to it, and the lam may be given sukun for lightening. Al-Sindi said this, and he quoted from al-Khattabi his statement: "He only commanded rubbing it so that the congealed part adhering to the garment would be removed, then water is applied afterward to remove the trace. The addition of sidr is for emphasis; otherwise, water suffices."

(1) That is, in the care of Asma, as she was her maternal grandmother.

(2) In (M) and the margin of (K): "and" (wa).

(3) Its chain is sound. Fatima bint al-Mundhir: she is the daughter of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, and she was the wife of Hisham ibn Urwa. The hadith is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" at number (281).

It was also recorded by Abu Dawud (362) from Musaddad, from Hammad ibn Zayd, with this chain.

It was also recorded by Ahmad (26920) and (26932), al-Bukhari (227) and (307), Muslim (291), Abu Dawud (361) and (362), al-Tirmidhi (138), Ibn Majah (629), and Ibn Hibban (1396), (1397), and (1398) through multiple paths, from Hisham ibn Urwa, with it.

It was also recorded by Abu Dawud (360) via the path of Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Fatima bint al-Mundhir, with similar wording.

It will be repeated at number (394).

Al-Sindi said: His statement "scrape it off" (huttīhi) — with a tāʾ — meaning "rub it off." "Then rub it" (iqruṣīhi) — al-qarṣ, with an unpointed ṣād: rubbing with the tips of the fingers and nails while pouring water until its trace disappears. "Then sprinkle it" (inḍaḥīhi) — that is, the rest of the garment, on the basis that it is doubtful, as Malik holds, or the first spot itself for additional cleaning, which is the apparent view.