Whenever a woman among the Jews menstruated, they would not eat with her, drink with her, or share the house with her. The Prophet ﷺ was asked about this, and Allah Most High revealed, "They ask you about menstruation. Say, it is a harm" [Baqarah 2:222].So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded them to eat with their wives, drink with them, and remain with them in their houses, and to do everything with them except sexual intercourse.The Jews said, "This man does not want to leave anything of our practice without opposing us in it."Abbad bin Bishr and Usayd bin Hudayr came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of this. They said, "Messenger of Allah, should we then have intercourse with them during menstruation?"The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed color until we thought he had become angry with them. They got up to leave, and just then a gift of milk was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He sent for them to come back and gave them some to drink, so they knew that he was not angry with them.
حدثنا عبد بن حميد حدثني سليمان بن حرب حدثنا حماد بن سلمة عن ثابت
كانت اليهود إذا حاضت امرأة منهم لم يؤاكلوها ولم يشاربوها ولم يجامعوها في البيوت فسئل النبي ﷺ عن ذلك فأنزل الله تعالى {ويسألونك عن المحيض قل هو أذى} فأمرهم رسول الله ﷺ أن يؤاكلوهن ويشاربوهن وأن يكونوا معهن في البيوت وأن يفعلوا كل شيء ما خلا النكاح فقالت اليهود ما يريد أن يدع شيئا من أمرنا إلا خالفنا فيه قال فجاء عباد بن بشر وأسيد بن حضير إلى رسول الله ﷺ فأخبراه بذلك وقالا يا رسول الله أفلا ننكحهن في المحيض فتمعر وجه رسول الله ﷺ حتى ظننا أنه قد غضب عليهما فقاما فاستقبلتهما هدية من لبن فأرسل رسول الله ﷺ في أثرهما فسقاهما فعلما أنه لم يغضب عليهما
[Sahih] Ahmad narrated it (6/318) from Ibn Mahdi through the same route. Wahib also narrated it from Abdullah bin Uthman bin Khuthaym (Ahmad 6/305), and its chain of transmission is hasan. The hadith has many corroborating narrations.