The Book of Hayd (menses)
Women’s Hayd (menses) Stops, Comes Again and the Time of Menopause
2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي قَدْ يَئِسَتْ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ حَدُّهَا خَمْسُونَ سَنَةً. وَرُوِيَ سِتُّونَ سَنَةً أَيْضاً.
2. Ali has narrated from Muhammad from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Menopause happens at the age of fifty. 5 It is also narrated that it is at the age of sixty.”
3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً لَمْ تَرَ حُمْرَةً إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ.
3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Tarif from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a woman becomes fifty years old, she does not see anything red (experience Hayd (menses)) unless she is from Quraysh.’”
4ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ حَدُّ الَّتِي قَدْ يَئِسَتْ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ خَمْسُونَ سَنَةً.
4. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Safwan ibn Yahya from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Menopause happens at the age of fifty years.”’
The Book of Hayd (menses)
Women’s Using Medicine to Have Hayd (menses) after It Stops
1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ مُوسَى النَّخَّاسِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قُلْتُ أَشْتَرِي الْجَارِيَةَ فَتَمْكُثُ عِنْدِي الأشْهُرَ لاَ تَطْمَثُ وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كِبَرٍ وَأُرِيهَا النِّسَاءَ فَيَقُلْنَ لِي لَيْسَ بِهَا حَبَلٌ فَلِي أَنْ أَنْكِحَهَا فِي فَرْجِهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ الطَّمْثَ قَدْ تَحْبِسُهُ الرِّيحُ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَبَلٍ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ تَمَسَّهَا فِي الْفَرْجِ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ بِهَا حَبَلٌ فَمَا لِي مِنْهَا قَالَ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ فِيمَا دُونَ الْفَرْجِ.
1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Rifa‘ah ibn Musa al-Nakhkhas who has said the following: “I once asked Musa ibn Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a slave-girl I purchased. She lives with me for several months without experiencing Hayd (menses) but not because of old age. Other women examine her and tell me that she is not pregnant. Can I have intercourse with her? He (the Imam) said, ‘Hayd (menses) is sometimes blocked by air without pregnancy. It is not harmful if you touch her vagina? I then asked if she is pregnant what then? He (the Imam) said, ‘If you like you can benefit from other than vagina?”
2ـ ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) أَشْتَرِي الْجَارِيَةَ فَرُبَّمَا احْتَبَسَ طَمْثُهَا مِنْ فَسَادِ دَمٍ أَوْ رِيحٍ فِي الرَّحِمِ فَتُسْقَى الدَّوَاءَ لِذَلِكَ فَتَطْمَثُ مِنْ يَوْمِهَا أَ فَيَجُوزُ لِي ذَلِكَ وَأَنَا لاَ أَدْرِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ حَبَلٍ هُوَ أَوْ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ لِي لاَ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا ارْتَفَعَ طَمْثُهَا مِنْهَا شَهْراً وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ حَبَلٍ إِنَّمَا كَانَ نُطْفَةً كَنُطْفَةِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يَعْزِلُ فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّ النُّطْفَةَ إِذَا وَقَعَتْ فِي الرَّحِمِ تَصِيرُ إِلَى عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ إِلَى مُضْغَةٍ ثُمَّ إِلَى مَا شَاءَ الله وَإِنَّ النُّطْفَةَ إِذَا وَقَعَتْ فِي غَيْرِ الرَّحِمِ لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ فَلاَ تَسْقِهَا دَوَاءً إِذَا ارْتَفَعَ طَمْثُهَا شَهْراً وَجَازَ وَقْتُهَا الَّذِي كَانَتْ تَطْمَثُ فِيهِ.
2. Ibn Mahbub has narrated from Rifa’ah who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that I may purchase a slave-girl. Her Hayd (menses) stops because of spoiled blood or some kind of air in her womb, and she uses medicine for cure and her Hayd (menses) begins on the same day. I do not know if it is because of pregnancy or for other reasons, is it (use of medicine) permissible? He (the Imam) said, ‘You must not (allow to) do so? I then said that her Hayd (menses) has stopped for a month. Were it because of pregnancy, it would be a seed like the seed of man for which he may use contraceptives. He (the Imam) said, ‘If the seed falls inside the womb, it changes into a lump, then into flesh, then into what Allah wills. If the seed (semen) falls in places other than the womb nothing is created thereof. You must not give her medicine, when her Hayd (menses) stops, for a month and her time of Hayd (menses) passes?” (Fatwa best explains the above Hadith; it deals with several issues such as contraceptives, liability for abortion and the stages of fetuses.)
3ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنْ رَجُلٍ اشْتَرَى جَارِيَةً مُدْرِكَةً وَلَمْ تَحِضْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى مَضَى لِذَلِكَ سِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَلَيْسَ بِهَا حَبَلٌ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ مِثْلُهَا تَحِيضُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كِبَرٍ فَهَذَا عَيْبٌ تُرَدُّ مِنْهُ.
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Malik ibn ‘Atiyyah from Dawud ibn Farqad who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who buys a slave-girl who possesses awareness but does not experience Hayd (menses) while in his possession until six months and she is not pregnant. He (the Imam) said, ‘If slave-girls similar to her experience Hayd (menses) and it is not because of old age, it is a defect and a reason to revoke the contract of sale?”
The Book of Hayd (menses)
Using Dye during Hayd (menses)
1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ الْيَسَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَخْتَضِبُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ.
1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sahl ibn al-Yasa’ from his father who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a woman who uses dye during her Hayd (menses). He (the Imam) said, ’It is not harmful.”’
2ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) تَخْتَضِبُ الْمَرْأَةُ وَهِيَ طَامِثٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ.
2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Muhammad ibn abu Hamzah who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ibrahim (a.s.), if a woman experiencing Hayd (menses) can use dyes. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, she can do so.’”
The Book of Hayd (menses)
Washing Clothes of Women during Hayd
1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ سَوْرَةَ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحَائِضِ أَ تَغْسِلُ ثِيَابَهَا الَّتِي لَبِسَتْهَا فِي طَمْثِهَا قَالَ تَغْسِلُ مَا أَصَابَ ثِيَابَهَا مِنَ الدَّمِ وَتَدَعُ مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ لَهُ وَقَدْ عَرِقَتْ فِيهَا قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَرَقَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْحَيْضِ.
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from Sawrah ibn Kulayb who has said the following: “I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman experiencing Hayd (menses) if she must wash her clothes which she has used during her Hayd (menses). He (the Imam) said, ‘She must wash only what has come in contact with blood, and leave the rest alone I then said, ‘What happens if she perspires?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Perspiration is not of Hayd (menses).’”
2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ الْحَائِضُ تُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبِهَا مَا لَمْ يُصِبْهُ دَمٌ.
2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Uqbah ibn Muhriz from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Women experiencing Hayd (menses) can perform Salah (prayer) in their clothes if they have not come in contact with blood.’”
