A woman in a state of janabah who then begins to menstruate

Ibrahim said concerning a woman who begins menstruating while in a state of janabah: She should take the ritual bath.

Ata said: Menstruation is a greater impurity than janabah.

Al-Hasan said concerning a woman who begins menstruating while in a state of janabah: Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) liked such a woman to take the ritual bath.

Al-Zuhri said concerning a woman who begins menstruating while in a state of janabah: She is to take the ritual bath.

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam and Hammad about a woman who begins menstruating while in a state of janabah, and they said: She should take the ritual bath.

Qatadah said: Such a woman is to take the ritual bath.

Ibrahim said: She should take the ritual bath and then spend her days of menstruation.

Ata said: The ritual bath is not required of her. Ibrahim said: The ritual bath is required of her.

Jabir bin Zayd was asked about a woman who becomes junub (in a state of major ritual impurity) and then begins menstruating before she has performed the ritual bath (ghusl). He said: "Even if she has begun menstruating, it is binding upon her to perform the ritual bath."

Amir (al-Sha'bi) said: If she wishes, she may perform the ritual bath, and if she wishes, she need not perform it.

Ata said: She should perform the ritual bath for janabah, and when she becomes pure (from her period), she should also perform the ritual bath for menstruation.