Al-Kāfi - The Book of Hayd (menses)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Hayd (menses) Chapter: Blood Because of Childbirth 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ سَأَلَتِ ا٠ْرَأَةٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَقْعُدُ ٠ِنْ نِفَاسِي عِشْرِينَ يَوْ٠اً حَتَّى أَفْتَوْنِي بِثَ٠َانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْ٠اً فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َ أَفْتَوْكِ بِثَ٠َانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْ٠اً فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلْحَدِيثِ الَّذِي رُوِيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ لأَسْ٠َيْسٍ حِينَ نَفِسَتْ بِ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َاءَ سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَقَدْ أُتِيَ بِهَا ثَ٠َانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْ٠اً وَلَوْ سَأَلَتْهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ لأَ٠َرَهَا أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ وَتَفْعَلَ ٠َا تَفْعَلُهُ الْ٠3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father in a marfu‘ the following: “A woman once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘I would, because of childbirth, wait for twenty days and they gave a fatwa to wait for eighteen days. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), asked, ‘Why did they give a fatwa for eighteen days?’ A man then said it is because of the Hadith from the Messenger of Allah who said to Asma’ bint ‘Umays for the birth of Muhammad ibn abu Bakr.

Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then said, ‘Asma’ asked the Messenger of Allah after eighteen days. Had she asked before, the Messenger of Allah would ask her to take Ghusl (bath) and do what a Mustahadah is required to do.’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/240))