Book of Menstruation
Abu al-Qasim said: Harb narrated to me from this Book of Menstruation, which is what was stated by Ahmad and Ishaq, and he authorized the hadiths for me and said: "Narrate it from me," meaning the hadiths.
Chapter: The Minimum and Maximum of Menstruation
Harb narrated to me, he said: I asked Abu Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Hanbal, I said: How much is the minimum of menstruation? He said: "As for what I choose, its minimum is a day and a night." I said: And how much is its maximum? He said: "Fifteen days." I said: Can it not be more than fifteen? He said: "No."
And I heard Ishaq ibn Ibrahim say: "Ata' said: 'Menstruation is one day.'"
Ishaq said: "And it was mentioned regarding Bakr ibn Abd Allah al-Muzani that he said: 'My wife menstruates for two days.'"
And I also heard Ishaq say: "It has been authentically reported in our time from more than one woman that she said: 'My menstruation is two days.' A well-known woman from our family said: 'I have not broken my fast during Ramadan for twenty years, except for two days.' In such an account, the report of a righteous man is sufficient regarding a righteous woman who is not accused of falsehood; she informs about her own menstruation herself."
And I asked Ali ibn Abd Allah, I said: How much is the minimum of menstruation and how much is its maximum? He said: "We do not set any time limit for menstruation."
532/2 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, he said: I heard Muhammad ibn Kathir, from al-Awza'i, who said: "There was a woman here in Beirut who would sit for one day during her menstruation, then become pure, and she would sit for three days during postpartum bleeding, then become pure."
(1) In the original, it is unpointed and marked; (perhaps the correct reading is "shay'an"), and the scribe placed a mark of omission above the words "in menstruation". Note: What is between the brackets is what the editor added to what was in the printed edition. (2) This number was repeated in the printed edition by mistake, and the editor corrected it here by adding the number (/2) to indicate that it is a repetition.
كتَابُ الحَيض
o قال أبو القاسِم: حدثني حَربٌ من كِتاب الحَيضِ هذا ما كان من كَلامِ أحمَد وإسحاق، وأَجَازَ لي الأحاديثَ، وقال: «ارْوِه عَنِّي»، يعني: الأحاديث.
باب: أَقَلُّ الحَيض وأَكثَره
• حدثني حرب، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله أحمَد بن حَنبل، قلت: الحيض كَم أَقَلُّه؟ قال: «أما الذي أَختارُه أنا؛ فأَقَلُّه يَومٌ ولَيلَة». قلت: فَكَم أَكثَرُه؟ قال: «خَمسَةَ عَشَرَ يَومًا». قلت: لا يَكون أَكثَر من خَمسَةَ عَشَر؟ قال: «لا».
• وسمعت إسحاق بن إبراهيم يقول: «قال عَطاء: «الحيض يَومٌ واحِد»».
قال إسحاق: «وذُكر عن بكر بن عبد الله المزَني أنه قال: «تَحيض امرأتي يَومَين»».
• وسمعت إسحاق أيضًا يقول: «قد صَحَّ في زَماننا عن غَير واحِدَةٍ أنها قالت: حَيضَتي يَومان، قالت امرأةٌ من أَهلِنا مَعروفَة: لم أُفطِر مُنذُ عِشرين سَنَةً في رَمَضان إلا يومين. ويُكتَفَى في مِثل هذه الحِكايَة بالرجل الصالِح عن المرأة الصالِحة التي لا تُتَّهَم؛ تُخبِر بِحَيضَتِها عَن نَفسِها».
• وسألت علي بن عبد الله، قلت: الحيض كَم أَقَلُّه وكَم أَكثَرُه؟ قال: «نَحنُ لا نُوَقِّت في الحيض شياءً (١)».
٥٣٢/ ٢ - (٢) حدثنا محمد بن يَحيى، قال: سمعت محمد بن كثير، عن الأوزاعي، قال: «كانت هاهنا بِبَيروت امرأةٌ تَجلِس في الحيض يَومًا، ثم تَطهُر، وتَجلِس في النِّفاس ⦗٢٦٤⦘ ثلاثًا، ثم تَطهُر».
(١) في الأصل مهملة مضبوطة، (ولعل الصواب: "شيئًا)، وضبب الناسخ فوق "في الحيض".تنبيه: ما بين القوسين مما أضافه المحقق على ما في المطبوع.(٢) تكرر هذا الرقم في المطبوع خطأً، وصوَّبه المحقق هنا بإضافة الرقم (/٢)، للدلالة على أنه مكرر.
