موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطهارةBook: On the Explanation of Purification
بَابُ طُهْرِ الْحَائِضِPurity of a Menstruating Woman
Hadith 127
حَدَّثَنِي حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ مَوْلَاةِ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : كَانَ النِّسَاءُ يَبْعَثْنَ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِالدِّرَجَةِ فِيهَا الْكُرْسُفُ فِيهِ الصُّفْرَةُ مِنْ دَمِ الْحَيْضَةِ يَسْأَلْنَهَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ ، فَتَقُولُ لَهُنَّ : " لَا تَعْجَلْنَ حَتَّى تَرَيْنَ الْقَصَّةَ الْبَيْضَاءَ " . تُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ الطُّهْرَ مِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ
It is narrated from Marjanah, who is the mother of Alqamah and the freed slave of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), that women used to send cotton pads in boxes to Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) to show her, and there would be a yellowish tinge on the cotton from menstrual blood. They would ask whether they should pray or not. Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) would say: Do not be hasty in the matter of prayer, until you see the white discharge. By this she meant: become pure from menstruation.
