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Sahih Muslim 302 (Book 3, Hadith 16) #7864
Keeping Away During Menstruation

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's response to the Jews' practice of not living with or dining with a woman during her menstruation. He revealed that it was a pollution and instructed his followers to keep away from women during their menstruation, but not to have intercourse.

Thabit narrated it from Anas: Among the Jews, when a woman menstruated, they did not dine with her, nor did they live with them in their houses; so the Companions of the Apostle asked The Apostle , and Allah, the Exalted revealed:" And they ask you about menstruation; say it is a pollution, so keep away from woman during menstruation" to the end (Qur'an, ii. 222). The Messenger of Allah said: Do everything except intercourse. The Jews heard of that and said: This man does not want to leave anything we do without opposing us in it. Usaid b. Hudair and Abbad b. Bishr came and said: Messenger of Allah, the Jews say such and such thing. We should not have, therefore, any contact with them (as the Jews do). The face of the Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) underwent such a change that we thought he was angry with them, but when they went out, they happened to receive a gift of milk which was sent to the Messenger of Allah . He (the Holy Prophet) called for them and gave them drink, whereby they knew that he was not angry with them.
وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ، كَانُوا إِذَا حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِيهِمْ لَمْ يُؤَاكِلُوهَا وَلَمْ يُجَامِعُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ النَّبِيَّ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏{‏ وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ‏}‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ اصْنَعُوا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ النِّكَاحَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْيَهُودَ فَقَالُوا مَا يُرِيدُ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَدَعَ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا شَيْئًا إِلاَّ خَالَفَنَا فِيهِ فَجَاءَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ وَعَبَّادُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ فَقَالاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا ‏.‏ فَلاَ نُجَامِعُهُنَّ فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنْ قَدْ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِمَا فَخَرَجَا فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمَا هَدِيَّةٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ فَأَرْسَلَ فِي آثَارِهِمَا فَسَقَاهُمَا فَعَرَفَا أَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ عَلَيْهِمَا

TOPICS
menstruation  *  pollution  *  intercourse  *  jews  *  aaya  *  najsa  *  jim  *  yahd

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect other people’s beliefs even if you don’t agree with them completely , Take time out of your day to listen and understand each other better before jumping into conclusions too quickly without thinking things through properly first , Be kind towards others even when feeling frustrated/angry .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's response to the Jewish practice of not living with or dining with a woman during her menstruation. The Companions asked him about this, and Allah revealed in Surah Al-Baqarah that it was a pollution and instructed his followers to keep away from women during their menstruations, but not to have intercourse. The Prophet then clarified that they should do everything except intercourse while they are on their period. When Usaid b. Hudair and Abbad b. Bishr heard this, they were worried that the Prophet was angry at them for asking such questions, but he showed them kindness by giving them milk when they received it as a gift. This shows us how important it is for us to be kind even when we are feeling frustrated or angry at someone else's actions or words. It also teaches us that we should respect other people's beliefs even if we don't agree with them completely because everyone has different opinions on certain matters which can lead to misunderstandings if we don't take time out of our day to listen and understand each other better before jumping into conclusions too quickly without thinking things through properly first.

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