أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَوْذَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ مَطَرٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ
الْحَسَنَ، وَعَطَاءً عَنْ الرَّجُلِ تَكُونُ مَعَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي سَفَرٍ فَتَحِيضُ، ثُمَّ تَطْهُرُ، وَلَا تَجِدُ الْمَاءَ، قَالَا:
"تَتَيَمَّمُ وَتُصَلِّي"، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُمَا: يَطَؤُهَا زَوْجُهَا ؟، قَالَا: "نَعَمْ، الصَّلَاةُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ".
Matar (al-Warraq) narrated that I asked Hasan and Ata’ (may Allah have mercy on them) about a man who is traveling with his wife, and she gets her menses, then becomes pure but does not find water. Both of them said: She should perform tayammum and pray. Matar said: Can her husband have intercourse with her in this state? They replied: Prayer is greater than that. That is, if she can pray, then she can also be intimate with her husband.