Ayesha mentioned the women of the Ansar, praised them, and spoke well of them. She said, "When Surah an-Nur was revealed, they took their waist-wrappers, tore them up, and made head-coverings out of them."She also reported that one of these women came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked, "Messenger of Allah, tell me about purification after menstruation."He said, "Yes. One of you should take her water and her lote-tree leaves and purify herself, doing so thoroughly. Then she should pour water over her head and rub it into the roots of her hair, working it in firmly, for that is purifying. Then she should pour water over the rest of her body. After that, she should take a piece of cloth scented with musk and purify herself with it."She asked, "Messenger of Allah, how do I purify myself with it?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke of it indirectly, so Ayesha explained, "She traces with it the place where the blood was."
ذكرت نساء الأنصار، فأثنت عليهن، وقالت لهن معروفا، وقالت: لما نزلت سورة النور، عمدن إلى حجز- أو حجوز- مناطقهن، فشققنه، ثم اتخذن منه خمرا، وأنها دخلت امرأة منهن على رسول الله ﷺ، فقالت: يا رسول الله أخبرني عن الطهور من المحيض؟ فقال: نعم لتأخذ إحداكن ماءها وسدرتها فلتطهر، ثم لتحسن الطهور، ثم تصب على رأسها، ثم لتلزق بشؤون رأسها، ثم تدلكه، فإن ذلك طهور، ثم تصب عليها من الماء، ثم تأخذ فرصة ممسكة، فلتطهر بها. قالت: يا رسول الله، كيف أتطهر بها؟ فكان رسول الله ﷺ يكني عن ذلك، فقالت عائشة: تتبع بها أثر الدم.
Ahmad narrated it (25551) from Abdul-Rahman and Affan, who said, "Abu Awana narrated to us, from Ibrahim bin Muhajir, from Safiya bint Shayba, from Ayesha," and he mentioned it.Abu Dawud narrated it (4100) from Abu Awana with his chain, from Ayesha, that she mentioned the women of the Ansar, praised them, and spoke well of them, and said, "When Surah Nur was revealed, they took to their hujur, or hujuz, Abu Kamil (the teacher of Abu Dawud) was uncertain which, and tore them up and made veils out of them."Its chain includes Ibrahim bin Muhajir, who has been criticized regarding his memory. Muslim narrated part of the story through his route in the Book of Menstruation (332:61), and Mansur bin Safiya, from his mother, from Ayesha, corroborated him.Regarding his phrase "hujur" with a raa, Khattabi said, "It has no meaning here. Rather it is with a dotted zaa. This is how Abdullah bin Ahmad Makki narrated to me, saying, 'Ali bin Abdul-Aziz narrated to us, from Abu Ubayd, from Abdul-Rahman bin Mahdi, from Abu Awana.'" And he mentioned the hadith, in which it says, "They took to the hijz, or hujuz, of their waist-wrappers, and tore them up."Hujuz is the plural of hajza, and the root meaning of hajza is the place where the waist-wrapper is knotted, which later came to be used for the waist-wrapper itself as hajza. As for hujuz, it is the plural of hijz. It is said, "The man made hijz with his waist-wrapper," meaning he tied it around his waist.