Command about the Menstruating and similar women

When Aishah رضي الله عنها had put on Ihram for `Umrah, her menses started. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم directed her to take a bath and to put on Ihram for Hajj. When Asma bint `Umais delivered a baby at Dhul-Hulaifah, he directed her to take a bath, use sanitary pads and put on Ihram. From the above reports one learns that the menstruating and postnatal women should put on Ihram after taking a bath on reaching Miqat. And she should perform all the rituals of Hajj except Tawaf of the Ka'bah. This ruling is derived from the Prophet's صلى الله عليه وسلم command to `Aishah and Asma bint `Umais رضي الله عنهما It is desirable for one before putting on Ihram to trim his mustache, nails, shave hair under the arm-pit and pubic region. He should know that he cannot do all of these during the state of Ihram. This is a necessary Sunnah that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم instructed, so one should take care of these at all times as well. It is reported in the Hadith collection of Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Prophetصلى الله عليه وسلم said:

الفطرة خمس: الختان والاستحداد وقص الشارب وقلم الأظافر ونتف الإبط

Five things are part of man's natural purity: circumcising, removing the hair of pubic area, trimming the mustache and nails, and removing the hair under the arm-pit.

 It is reported by Anas رضي الله عنه in Sahih Muslim that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم set a period during which the mustaches and nails can be trimmed, the hair under the arm-pit be removed and those below the navel be cut. He ordered us not to leave them unattended for more than forty days. In the version of An-Nasa'i it is stated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم fixed that period for these acts. The same report has been cited by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, and At-Tirmidhi. However, to shave part of the hair on the head before Iharm is not prescribed by the Shari'ah whatsoever.

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