أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَائٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ تَحِدُّ عَلَی مَيِّتٍ أَکْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا عَلَی زَوْجٍ فَإِنَّهَا تَحِدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3537
It was narrated from Zainab bint Umm Salamah, that Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah said: “A woman came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: ‘My daughter’s husband has died, and I am worried about her eyes. Can I apply kohl to her?’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: One of you used to stay (in mourning) for a year. Rather (the mourning period is) four months and ten (days). And when that year bad passed she would go out and fling a piece of dung behind her.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020