السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الحيض
Book of Menstruation
باب: أكثر الحيض
The maximum period of menstruation
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهِ، أنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ حِبَّانَ أَبُو الشَّيْخِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَنْدَهْ ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ⦗٤٧٨⦘ الْأَشَجُّ ثنا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ مُهَلْهَلٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: " أَكْثَرُ الْحَيْضِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا ".
Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The maximum period of menstruation is fifteen days.
وَرَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ آدَمَ، عَنْ مُفَضَّلٍ، وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: " أَكْثَرُ الْحَيْضِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ " وَإِلَيْهِ كَانَ يَذْهَبُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ أَخْبَرَنَا بِذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ فَذَكَرَهُ.
Ata said: The maximum period of menstruation is fifteen days, and this was also the position of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him).
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا سَلْمُ بْنُ جُنَادَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: تَجْلِسُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ ".
It is narrated from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that she is to sit (in menstruation) for fifteen days.
وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: الْحَيْضُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ ".
Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Menstruation is fifteen days.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَحْمُودٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ صُبَيْحٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: " الْحَيْضُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ فَإِنْ زَادَتْ فَهِيَ مُسْتَحَاضَةٌ " قَالَ: وَرَأَيْتُ ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ يَذْهَبُ فِي الْحَيْضِ إِلَى قَوْلِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ: كَانَتْ عِنْدَنَا امْرَأَةٌ حَيْضُهَا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ ".
Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Menstruation is fifteen days; if it exceeds that, she is a mustahadah (a woman with non-menstrual bleeding). He said: I saw Ibn Mahdi (may Allah have mercy on him) adopting the view of Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) on menstruation; he said: There is a woman among us whose menstruation lasts fifteen days.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَهْلٍ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا مُطَرِّفٌ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ، وَيَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، وَرَبِيعَةَ، أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا فِي الْمَرْأَةِ الْحَائِضِ: إِنَّ أَكْثَرَ مَا تَكُفُّ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ، ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلُ وَتُصَلِّي وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: أَدْرَكْتُ النَّاسَ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ ذَلِكَ ".
Abdullah bin Umar (al-Umari) (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his brother, and from Yahya bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) and Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him), that they said concerning the menstruating woman: At most she will refrain from prayer for fifteen days, then she will take the ritual bath and pray. Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I found most people saying this.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَنَّاطُ، ثنا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الرِّفَاعِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ثنا شَرِيكٌ، قَالَ: " عِنْدَنَا امْرَأَةٌ تَحِيضُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ حَيْضًا مُسْتَقِيمًا صَحِيحًا " قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَحَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَنَّاطُ، ثنا أَبُو هِشَامٍ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ وَحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَا: أَكْثَرُ الْحَيْضِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ ".
(a) Sharik said: There is a woman among us who menstruates continuously for fifteen days of the month.
(b) Sharik and Hasan bin Salih said: The maximum period of menstruation is fifteen days.
(b) Sharik and Hasan bin Salih said: The maximum period of menstruation is fifteen days.
وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ⦗٤٧٩⦘ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْجَلْدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: " الْمُسْتَحَاضَةُ تَنْتَظِرُ ثَلَاثًا خَمْسًا سَبْعًا تِسْعًا عَشْرًا لَا تُجَاوِزُ ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): "The mustahadah (a woman with non-menstrual bleeding) shall wait three, five, seven, nine or ten days, and not go beyond that."
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ دُرُسْتُوَيْهِ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا جَلْدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ: " قُرْءُ الْحَائِضِ خَمْسٌ سِتٌّ سَبْعٌ ثَمَانٍ عَشْرَةٌ، ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلُ وَتَصُومُ وَتُصَلِّي " فَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ يُعْرَفُ بِالْجِلْدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ وَقَدْ أُنْكِرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ.
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the menstruation of a menstruating woman is five, six, seven, eight or ten days; then she is to take a ritual bath, fast and pray.
This hadith is known through al-Jald bin Ayyub, and it has been objected to as coming from him.
This hadith is known through al-Jald bin Ayyub, and it has been objected to as coming from him.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِ الْجَلْدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ: قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِيهِ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنِ الْجَلْدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " قُرْءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَوْ قَالَ: حَيْضُ الْمَرْأَةِ ثَلَاثٌ أَرْبَعٌ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى عَشْرَةٍ وَقَالَ لِي ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ: الْجَلْدُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ لَا يَعْرِفُ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ لِي: قَدِ اسْتُحِيضَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ آلِ أَنَسٍ فَسُئِلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْهَا فَأَفْتَى فِيهَا وَأَنَسٌ حَيٌّ فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ مَا قُلْتُ مِنْ عَلِمِ الْحَيْضِ وَيَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى مَسْأَلَةِ غَيْرِهِ فِيمَا عِنْدَهُ فِيهِ عَلِمٌ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: نَحْنُ وَأَنْتَ لَا نُثْبِتُ حَدِيثَ مِثْلِ الْجَلْدِ وَنَسْتَدِلُّ عَلَى غَلَطِ مَنْ هُوَ أَحْفَظُ مِنْهُ بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ هَذَا ⦗٤٨٠⦘ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ كَانَ حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ يُضَعِّفُ الْجَلْدَ وَيَقُولُ: لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْقِلُ الْحَدِيثَ. وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: وَأَمَّا خَبَرُ أَنَسٍ فَإِنَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَالَ: ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ: ذَهَبْتُ أَنَا وَجَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ إِلَى الْجَلْدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ فَحَدَّثَنَا بِحَدِيثِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ فِي الْحَائِضِ فَذَهَبْنَا نُوقِفُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ الْحَائِضِ وَالْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ. وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الدَّارِمِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيَّ يَقُولُ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الْجَلْدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ فَضَعَّفَهُ جِدًّا وَقَالَ: كَانَ شَيْخًا مِنْ مَشَائِخِ الْعَرَبِ تَسَاهَلَ أَصْحَابُنَا فِي الرِّوَايَةِ عَنْهُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ: وَأَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ يُنْكِرُونَ حَدِيثَ الْجَلْدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ وَيَقُولُونَ: شَيْخٌ مِنْ شُيُوخِ الْعَرَبِ لَيْسَ بِصَاحِبِ حَدِيثٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ: وَأَهْلُ مِصْرِهِ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: وَسَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ وَصَدَقَةَ بْنَ الْفَضْلِ وَإِسْحَاقَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ أَنَّهُمْ يُضَعِّفُونَ الْجَلْدَ بْنَ أَيُّوبَ وَلَا يَرَوْنَهُ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْحُجَّةِ. أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا الْجُنَيْدِيُّ يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ، ثنا الْبُخَارِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا عَبْدَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ: أَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ يُضَعِّفُونَ حَدِيثَ الْجَلْدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ الْبَصْرِيِّ قَالَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي صَدَقَةُ قَالَ: كَانَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ يَقُولُ: مَا جَلْدٌ وَمَنْ جَلْدٌ وَمَنْ كَانَ جَلْدٌ ⦗٤٨١⦘ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الصُّوفِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، ثنا ابْنُ حَمَّادٍ يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَمَّادٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَنْبَلٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي ذَكَرَ الْجَلْدَ بْنَ أَيُّوبَ فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ يَسْوَى حَدِيثُهُ شَيْئًا، ضَعِيفُ الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِي أَقَلِّ الْحَيْضِ وَأَكْثَرِهِ أَحَادِيثُ ضِعَافٌ قَدْ بَيَّنْتُ ضَعْفَهَا فِي الْخِلَافِيَّاتِ.
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the qur' of a woman, or the menstruation of a woman, is three, four, up to ten days.
(b) Ibn Ulayyah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: al-Jald bin Ayyub is a Bedouin who is not known in hadith.
(c) Ibn Ulayyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said to me: A woman from the family of Anas had prolonged bleeding (istihadah), so Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about her and he gave a ruling, while Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) was alive. So how could Anas bin Malik have the knowledge of menstruation that I mentioned, while they needed to ask someone else about a matter of which he had knowledge?
(d) Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Neither we nor you accept as established the hadith of someone like al-Jald, and we infer the error of one who has better memory than him from less than this.
(e) Sulayman bin Harb said that Hammad bin Zayd used to declare al-Jald weak and say: He did not understand hadith. Hammad bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Jarir bin Hazim and I went to al-Jald bin Ayyub, and he narrated to us the hadith of Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the menstruating woman. We began to question him closely, and found that he did not distinguish between the menstruating woman and the woman with prolonged bleeding.
(f) Ahmad bin Sa'id al-Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) asked Abu Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) about al-Jald bin Ayyub, and he declared him very weak and said: He was one of the shaykhs of the Arabs; our companions were lenient in narrating from him.
(g) Abdullah bin al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the people of Basrah used to reject the hadith of al-Jald bin Ayyub and say that he was one of the shaykhs of the Arabs, not a man of hadith.
(h) Ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the people of his own city know more about him than others. Ya'qub says: I heard Sulayman bin Harb, Sadaqah bin al-Fadl and Ishaq bin Ibrahim, and it reached me from Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him), that they declared al-Jald bin Ayyub weak and did not regard him as a proof.
(i) It is narrated from Ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) that the people of Basrah declared the hadith of al-Jald bin Ayyub weak. Ibn Uyaynah (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: Who is Jald, and where is he from?
(j) Abdullah, the son of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him), says that he heard his father speak about al-Jald bin Ayyub, saying that his hadith is worth nothing; he is weak in narrating hadith.
(k) The Shaykh says that weak hadiths have been narrated about the minimum and maximum length of menstruation, and I have explained their weakness in al-Khilafiyyat.
(b) Ibn Ulayyah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: al-Jald bin Ayyub is a Bedouin who is not known in hadith.
(c) Ibn Ulayyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said to me: A woman from the family of Anas had prolonged bleeding (istihadah), so Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about her and he gave a ruling, while Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) was alive. So how could Anas bin Malik have the knowledge of menstruation that I mentioned, while they needed to ask someone else about a matter of which he had knowledge?
(d) Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Neither we nor you accept as established the hadith of someone like al-Jald, and we infer the error of one who has better memory than him from less than this.
(e) Sulayman bin Harb said that Hammad bin Zayd used to declare al-Jald weak and say: He did not understand hadith. Hammad bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Jarir bin Hazim and I went to al-Jald bin Ayyub, and he narrated to us the hadith of Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the menstruating woman. We began to question him closely, and found that he did not distinguish between the menstruating woman and the woman with prolonged bleeding.
(f) Ahmad bin Sa'id al-Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) asked Abu Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) about al-Jald bin Ayyub, and he declared him very weak and said: He was one of the shaykhs of the Arabs; our companions were lenient in narrating from him.
(g) Abdullah bin al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the people of Basrah used to reject the hadith of al-Jald bin Ayyub and say that he was one of the shaykhs of the Arabs, not a man of hadith.
(h) Ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the people of his own city know more about him than others. Ya'qub says: I heard Sulayman bin Harb, Sadaqah bin al-Fadl and Ishaq bin Ibrahim, and it reached me from Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him), that they declared al-Jald bin Ayyub weak and did not regard him as a proof.
(i) It is narrated from Ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) that the people of Basrah declared the hadith of al-Jald bin Ayyub weak. Ibn Uyaynah (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: Who is Jald, and where is he from?
(j) Abdullah, the son of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him), says that he heard his father speak about al-Jald bin Ayyub, saying that his hadith is worth nothing; he is weak in narrating hadith.
(k) The Shaykh says that weak hadiths have been narrated about the minimum and maximum length of menstruation, and I have explained their weakness in al-Khilafiyyat.
