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Hadith 212

حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ حَرَامِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ ،عَنْ عَمِّهِ ، " أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا يَحِلُّ لِي مِنَ امْرَأَتِي وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ ، قَالَ : لَكَ مَا فَوْقَ الْإِزَارِ " ، وَذَكَرَ مُؤَاكَلَةَ الْحَائِضِ أَيْضًا ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Saad al-Ansari: Abdullah asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is lawful for me to do with my wife when she is menstruating? He replied: What is above the waist-wrapper is lawful for you. The narrator also mentioned (the lawfulness of) eating with a woman in menstruation, and he transmitted the tradition in full.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الطهارة / 212
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (555)
Hadith Takhrij «أخرجه : اختصره الترمذي/كتاب الطهارة / باب ما جاء فى مؤاكلة الحائض وسؤرها/ ح: 133 قال: ”حسن غريب.“، سنن ابن ماجه/أبواب التيمم/ . باب فى مؤاكلة الحائض/ ح: 651، (تحفة الأشراف: 5326) ، أخرجه البيهقي : 312/1 من حديث أبى داود به (صحيح)» ‏‏‏‏
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Brief Explanation
When a woman is in her specific days (menstruation), the particular sexual act is forbidden for the spouses. However, they may eat, drink, sit, and lie together. This is what you have described in «ما فوق الإزار» as "above the waist-wrapper (tehband)", and it is evident that if pre-seminal fluid (madhiy) is discharged as a result, ritual bath (ghusl) does not become obligatory. However, if semen (mani) is discharged, then ritual bath (ghusl) must be performed.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
1:
This hadith is not in contradiction to the noble verse:
﴿فَاعْتَزِلُواْ النِّسَاء فِي الْمَحِيضِ﴾ [ البقرة: 222] because in the verse, "keeping away" means refraining from intercourse.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 133
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
The explanation of this issue has already been mentioned under Hadith: 643.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 651