and cut off their hands} (4). Harm is suitable to be a cause; thus, it is cited as the reason for it, and it is present in the woman experiencing chronic vaginal bleeding (mustahada), so the prohibition is established in her regard. It was reported from Ahmad that it is permissible to have intercourse with her unconditionally, without conditions (5). This is the position of most jurists, due to what Abu Dawud narrated (6) from Ikrimah, from Hamna bint Jahsh, that she was a mustahada and her husband would have intercourse with her. He said (7): Umm Habibah used to experience chronic vaginal bleeding, and her husband would approach her. This is because Hamna was married to Talha, and Umm Habibah was married to Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, and both had asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about the rulings of the mustahada; if it were forbidden, he would have clarified it to them. If he fears for himself falling into something forbidden should he refrain from intercourse, it is permitted according to the two reports, because their ruling is lighter than the ruling of the menstruating woman. If he has intercourse with her without fear, there is no expiation upon him, because the obligation is from the Shari'ah, and it was not established in her regard, nor is she in the same category as the menstruating woman due to the difference between them. When her bleeding ceases, intercourse with her is permitted without a ritual bath (ghusl), because the ritual bath is not obligatory for her, resembling urinary incontinence.

101 - Issue: He said: (And the one afflicted with urinary incontinence and frequent madhy [prostatic fluid], so it does not cease, is like the mustahada: he performs ablution for every prayer after washing his private part)

In summary, the mustahada, the one who suffers from urinary incontinence or madhy, or the wounded person whose blood does not stop, and those similar to them who have a continuous state of ritual impurity (hadath) and cannot maintain their purity, must perform ablution for every prayer after washing the site of the impurity, bandaging it, and taking precautions against the exit of the impurity to the extent possible. The mustahada washes the area, then packs it with cotton or the like to repel the blood, due to the Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) statement to Hamna when she complained to him of the excess of blood: "I suggest to you the use of cotton (kursuf), for it removes the blood" (1). If the blood is not repelled by the cotton, she should use a piece of cloth split at both ends, tying it across her sides with the middle part over the private area, which is what is mentioned in the hadith of Umm Salama: