Muwatta Malik: Book 2, Hadith 98
Yahya related to me from Malik from AIqama ibn Abi AIqama that his mother, the mawla of A’isha, umm al-muminin, said, “Women used to send little boxes to A’isha, umm al-muminin, with a piece of cotton cloth in each one on which was yellowness from menstrual blood, asking her about the prayer. She said to them, ‘Do not be hasty until you see a white discharge.” By that she meant purity from menses.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، مَوْلاَةِ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ النِّسَاءُ يَبْعَثْنَ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِالدِّرَجَةِ فِيهَا الْكُرْسُفُ فِيهِ الصُّفْرَةُ مِنْ دَمِ الْحَيْضَةِ يَسْأَلْنَهَا عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فَتَقُولُ لَهُنَّ لاَ تَعْجَلْنَ حَتَّى تَرَيْنَ الْقَصَّةَ الْبَيْضَاءَ . تُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ الطُّهْرَ مِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ .
Muwatta Malik: Book 2, Hadith 98
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Authored by Imam Malik ibn Anas, the Muwatta Malik is an 8th-century hadith collection known for its meticulous curation. Developed over a period of 40 years, its content of under 2,000 hadiths is presented within a framework of 61 distinct books.
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