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Sahih Bukhari: Hadith 325

6. Menstrual Periods

صحيح البخاري

10/26 Chapter:

The saying of a man to the Prophet (ﷺ), "We have not prayed."

باب قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ مَا صَلَّيْنَا

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Sahih Bukhari
Sahih
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، وَعَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ اسْتُحِيضَتْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ، فَسَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ فَقَالَ ‏‏ هَذَا عِرْقٌ ‏"‏‏‏ فَكَانَتْ تَغْتَسِلُ لِكُلِّ صَلاَةٍ‏‏
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Um Habiba got bleeding in between the periods for seven years. She asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about it. He ordered her to take a bath (after the termination of actual periods) and added that it was (from) a blood vessel. So she used to take a bath for every prayer.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 327
In-book : Book 6, Hadith 32
USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 324  (deprecated)