Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سُحَيْمٍ عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ وَقَدْ سَمَّاهَا لِي قَالَتْ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نِسْوَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ مَعَكَ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ هَذَا وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَنُدَاوِيَ الْجَرْحَى وَنُعِينَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِمَا اسْتَطَعْنَا فَقَالَ عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ قَالَتْ فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ وَكُنْتُ جَارِيَةً حَدِيثَةً فَأَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى حَقِيبَةِ رَحْلِهِ قَالَتْ فَوَاللَّهِ لَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الصُّبْحِ فَأَنَاخَ وَنَزَلْتُ عَنْ حَقِيبَةِ رَحْلِهِ وَإِذَا بِهَا دَمٌ مِنِّي فَكَانَتْ أَوَّلَ حَيْضَةٍ حِضْتُهَا قَالَتْ فَتَقَبَّضْتُ إِلَى النَّاقَةِ وَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا بِي وَرَأَى الدَّمَ قَالَ مَا لَكِ لَعَلَّكِ نَفِسْتِ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَصْلِحِي مِنْ نَفْسِكِ وَخُذِي إِنَاءً مِنْ مَاءٍ فَاطْرَحِي فِيهِ مِلْحًا ثُمَّ اغْسِلِي مَا أَصَابَ الْحَقِيبَةَ مِنْ الدَّمِ ثُمَّ عُودِي لِمَرْكَبِكِ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيْبَرَ رَضَخَ لَنَا مِنْ الْفَيْءِ وَأَخَذَ هَذِهِ الْقِلَادَةَ الَّتِي تَرَيْنَ فِي عُنُقِي فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَجَعَلَهَا بِيَدِهِ فِي عُنُقِي فَوَاللَّهِ لَا تُفَارِقُنِي أَبَدًا قَالَ وَكَانَتْ فِي عُنُقِهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ ثُمَّ أَوْصَتْ أَنْ تُدْفَنَ مَعَهَا فَكَانَتْ لَا تَطْهُرُ مِنْ حَيْضَةٍ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْ فِي طَهُورِهَا مِلْحًا وَأَوْصَتْ أَنْ يُجْعَلَ فِي غُسْلِهَا حِينَ مَاتَتْ.
English Translation
Ya'qub narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who said: Sulayman ibn Suhaym narrated to me, from Umayyah bint Abi al-Salt, from a woman of Banu Ghifar - and she named her to me - who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, with a group of women of Banu Ghifar, and we said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, we would like to go out with you on this expedition of yours" - it was heading toward Khaybar - "so that we may treat the wounded and help the Muslims as much as we are able." He said, "With Allah's blessing." She said: So we went out with him, and I was a young girl, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, seated me behind him on the rear of his saddle. She said: By Allah, when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, dismounted at dawn, he made his camel kneel, and I got down from the rear of his saddle, and there was blood from me on it - it was the first menstruation I had ever experienced. She said: So I shrank back toward the she-camel, feeling ashamed. When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw my condition and saw the blood, he said, "What is the matter with you - perhaps you have begun menstruating?" She said: I said, "Yes." He said, "Then put yourself in order, take a vessel of water, put salt in it, and wash what blood has gotten on the saddle-cover, then return to your mount." She said: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, conquered Khaybar, he granted us a share from the spoils, and he took this necklace that you see on my neck and gave it to me, placing it with his own hand around my neck - by Allah, it will never leave me. He said: And it remained around her neck until she died, and she had instructed that it be buried with her, so that she never became pure from a menstrual period without putting salt in her purification water, and she instructed that salt be put in her ghusl-water when she died.