\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from\nhis paternal aunt from the daughter of Zayd ibn Thabit that she had\nheard that women used to ask for lamps in the middle of the night to\ncheck their purity. She would criticise them for this saying, "Women\nnever used to do this," i.e. in the time of the companions.\n\n\nMalik was asked whether a woman whose period had finished could\ndo tayammum to purify herself if she could not find waterand he said,\n"Yes, because she is like some one in a state of major ritual\nimpurity, who, if he cannot find water, does tayammum."\n\n

\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from\nhis paternal aunt from the daughter of Zayd ibn Thabit that she had\nheard that women used to ask for lamps in the middle of the night to\ncheck their purity. She would criticise them for this saying, "Women\nnever used to do this," i.e. in the time of the companions.\n\n\nMalik was asked whether a woman whose period had finished could\ndo tayammum to purify herself if she could not find waterand he said,\n"Yes, because she is like some one in a state of major ritual\nimpurity, who, if he cannot find water, does tayammum."\n\n

\nوَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ، عَنِ ابْنَةِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهَا أَنَّ نِسَاءً، كُنَّ يَدْعُونَ بِالْمَصَابِيحِ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ يَنْظُرْنَ إِلَى الطُّهْرِ فَكَانَتْ تَعِيبُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتَقُولُ مَا كَانَ النِّسَاءُ يَصْنَعْنَ هَذَا ‏.‏ وَسُئِلَ مَالِكٌ عَنِ الْحَائِضِ تَطْهُرُ فَلاَ تَجِدُ مَاءً هَلْ تَتَيَمَّمُ قَالَ نَعَمْ لِتَتَيَمَّمْ فَإِنَّ مِثْلَهَا مِثْلُ الْجُنُبِ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ مَاءً تَيَمَّمَ ‏.‏