Hadith 25544

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، حدثنا إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ . وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : جَاءَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ قَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ : أُمُّ حَبِيبٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَكَانَتْ اسْتُحِيضَتْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ ، فَاشْتَكَتْ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ ، وَاسْتَفْتَتْهُ فِيهِ ، فَقَالَ : " لَيْسَ هَذَا بِالْحَيْضَةِ وَلَكِنَّ هَذَا عِرْقٌ ، فَاغْتَسِلِي وَصَلِّي " . فَكَانَتْ تَغْتَسِلُ لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ وَتُصَلِّي ، وَكَانَتْ تَجْلِسُ فِي مِرْكَنٍ ، فَتَعْلُو حُمْرَةُ الدَّمِ الْمَاءَ ، ثُمَّ تُصَلِّي.
It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'mineen Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that Umm Habibah bint Jahsh (who was married to Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Awf, may Allah be pleased with him) suffered from continuous bleeding (istihada) for seven years. She complained about this illness to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is not the blood of the regular (menstrual) days, rather it is blood from a vein. Therefore, when the regular days come, leave the prayer, and when they end, perform ghusl and then pray." Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says that then she (Umm Habibah) used to perform ghusl for every prayer and would sit in the tub of her sister Zainab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), in which the redness of the blood would overpower the color of the water.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند النساء / 25544
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده صحيح، خ: 327، م: 334