Al-Muwatta de Malik, 83

Sa'id Ibn Al Moussaiab a demandé aux fidèles: «que pensez-vous, de ce qu'un homme doit faire, si le sang lui coule incessamment du nez». Sa'id Ibn Al Moussaiab poursuivit: «Je pense qu'il doit faire signe de sa tête sans la faire bouger». Malek a dit: «C'était de préférence, la meilleure réponse que j'ai entendue». Chapitre XIII Les ablutions après un suintement

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab was asked, "What do you say about someone who is afflicted by a nose-bleed which does not stop? "Malik said that Yahya ibn Said said that Said ibn al Musayyab said, "I say that he should signal with his head." (i.e. instead of doing sajda or ruku.) Yahya said that Malik said, "That is what I like most out of what I have heard about the matter