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Bayhaqi 1474 — A menstruating woman does not pray or fast

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو نَضْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْفَقِيهُ بِبُخَارَى أنبأ صَالِحُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَافِظُ جَزْرَةُ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْبَرْقِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَمُّويَهْ أَبُو سِنَانٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ الثَّقَفِيُّ، قَالُوا: ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْأَضْحَى أَوِ الْفِطْرِ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَصَلَّى، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَوَعَظَ النَّاسَ وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ: " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَصَدَّقُوا " ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ: " يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ تَصَدَّقْنَ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُكُنَّ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ " فَقُلْنَ: وَلَمَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: " تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ نَاقِصَاتِ عَقْلٍ وَدِينٍ أَذْهَبُ لِلُبِّ الرَّجُلِ الْحَازِمِ مِنْكُنَّ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ " فَقُلْنَ لَهُ: وَمَا نُقْصَانُ عَقْلِنَا وَدِينِنَا؟ قَالَ: " أَلَيْسَ شَهَادَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ مِثْلُ نِصْفِ شَهَادَةُ الرَّجُلِ؟ " قُلْنَ: بَلَى قَالَ: " فَذَلِكَ مِنْ نُقْصَانِ ⦗٤٦٠⦘ عَقْلِهَا، أَلَيْسَ إِذَا حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لَمْ تُصَلِّ وَلَمْ تَصُمْ؟ " قُلْنَ: بَلَى قَالَ: " فَذَلِكَ مِنْ نُقْصَانِ دِينِهَا " رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنِ الْحُلْوَانِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to the prayer ground on Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr. Then, when he had finished the prayer, he admonished the people and ordered them to give charity. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people, give charity." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went back towards the women and said: "O assembly of women, give charity, for I have seen the majority of you in the Fire." They said: O Messenger of Allah, why? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You curse frequently and you are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone deficient in intellect and religion who takes away the mind of a resolute man more than you, O assembly of women." They said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): What is the deficiency of our intellect and our religion? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is not the testimony of a woman half the testimony of a man?" They said: Indeed it is. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is the deficiency of your intellect. And is it not so that when a woman menstruates, she neither prays nor fasts?" They said: Indeed it is. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is the deficiency of your religion."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الحيض / 1474
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