Urwah bin al-Zubair said: Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish narrated to me that she asked Asma (daughter of Abu Bakr), or Asma narrated to me that Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish asked her to question the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He advised her to refrain (from prayer) equal to the period she refrained previously. She then should wash herself. 1 Abu Dawud said: Qatadah narrated it from Urwah bin al-Zubair, from Zainab daughter of Umm Salamah, that Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh had a prolonged flow of blood. The Prophet ﷺ commanded her to abandon prayer for the period of her menses. She then should take a bath, and offer prayer. Abu Dawud said: Qatadah did not hear anything from Urwah. 2 And Ibn Uyainah added in the tradition narrated by al-Zuhri from Umrah on the authority of Aishah. Umm Habibah had a prolonged flow of blood. She asked the Prophet ﷺ. He commanded her to abandon prayer during her menstrual period. Abu Dawud said: This is a misunderstanding on the part of Ibn Uyainah. This is not found in the tradition reported by the transmitter from al-Zuhri except that mentioned by Suhail bin Abu Salih. Al-Humaidi also narrated this tradition from Ibn Uyainah, but he did not mention the words "she should abandon prayer during her menstrual period. "1 Qumair daughter of Masruq reported on the authority of Aishah: The woman who has prolonged flow of blood should abandon prayer during her menstrual period. 3 Abdur-Rahman bin al-Qasim reported on the authority of his father: The Prophet ﷺ commanded her to abandon prayers equal (to the length of time) that she has her (usual) menses. 2 Abu Bishr Jafar bin Abi Wahshiyyah reported on the authority of Ikrimah from the Prophet ﷺ saying: Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh had a prolonged flow of blood; and he transmitted like that. 1 Sharik narrated from Abu al-Yaqzan from Adi bin Thabit from his father on the authority of his grandfather from the Prophet ﷺ: The woman suffering from a prolonged flow of blood should abandon prayer during her menstrual period ; she then should was herself and pray. 1 Al-'Ala bin al-Musayyab reported from al-Hakam on the authority of Abu Jafar, saying: Saudah had a prolonged flow of blood. The Prophet ﷺ commanded that when he menstruation was finished, she should take bath and pray. 1 Saeed bin Jubair reported from Ali and Ibn Abbas: A woman suffering from a prolonged flow of blood should refrain from prayers during her menstrual period. 1 Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim and Talq bin Habib narrated in a similar way. 1 Similarly, it was reported by Maqil al-Khath'ami from Ali4, al-Shabi also transmitted it in a similar manner from Qumair, the wife of Masruq, on the authority of Aishah. 1 Abu Dawud said: Al-Hasan, Saeed bin al-Musayyab, Ata, Makhul, Ibrahim, Salim and al-Qasim also hold that a woman suffering from a prolonged flow of blood should abandon prayer during her menstrual period. Abu Dawud said: Qatadah did not hear anything from Urwah.

Asma daughter of Unais said: I said: Messenger of Allah, Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish had a flow of blood for a certain period and did not pray. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Glory be to Allah! This comes from the devil. She should sit in a tub, and when she sees yellowness of the top of the water, she would take a bath once for the Zuhr and Asr prayer, and take another bath for the Maghrib and 'Isha prayers, and take a bath once for the fajr prayer, and in between times she would perform ablution. Abu Dawud said: Mujahid reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas: When bathing became hard for her, he commanded her to combine the two prayers. Abu Dawud said: Ibrahim reported it from Ibn Abbas. This is also the view of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i and Abdullah bin Shaddad.

Narrated Asma daughter of Umays: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: May I not teach you phrases which you utter in distress? (These are: ) "Allah, Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything as partner with Him. " Abu Dawud said: The narrator Hilal is a client of Umar bin Abd al-Aziz. The name of Jafar, a narrator, is Abdullah bin Jafar.