• And I saw Ahmad ibn Hanbal not authenticating the hadith of al-Jald ibn Ayyub, from Mu'awiyah ibn Qurrah, from Anas ibn Malik regarding menstruation. Hammad ibn Zayd likewise said: "There was an old man here" - meaning al-Jald ibn Ayyub - "who did not know the menses of a menstruating woman from that of a woman suffering from istihaḍah (irregular bleeding); they coached him until he validated a hadith for them," his statement: "Three, and five, up to ten."

537 - Abu Umar Hafs ibn Umar narrated to us, he said: Yazid ibn Zuray' and Isma'il ibn 'Ulayyah narrated to us, from al-Jald ibn Ayyub, from Mu'awiyah ibn Qurrah, he said: I asked Anas ibn Malik about the menses of a menstruating woman? He said: "Three, or four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten; then she attains purity and prays, and whatever is beyond that, she is a woman suffering from istihaḍah."