5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from and abu Dawud from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Muhammad ibn abu Hamzah from Yunus ibn Ya’qub who has said the following: “I heard abu ’Abd Allah , say, ‘A woman after giving birth waits for a number of days equal to those of her Hayd (menses). She then must examine, take Ghusl (bath) and perform Salah (prayer).”’