أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُوسَی قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ وَحَدَّثَتْنِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهَا أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ جَائَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي رَمِدَتْ أَفَأَکْحُلُهَا وَکَانَتْ مُتَوَفًّی عَنْهَا فَقَالَ أَلَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ثُمَّ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَی بَصَرِهَا فَقَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَدْ کَانَتْ إِحْدَاکُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَحِدُّ عَلَی زَوْجِهَا سَنَةً ثُمَّ تَرْمِي عَلَی رَأْسِ السَّنَةِ بِالْبَعْرَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3573
Zainab bint Abi Salamah narrated that her mother Umm Salamah said: “A woman from the Quraish came and said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, my daughter’s eyes are inflamed; shall I apply kohl to her?’ (The daughter’s) husband had died so (the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ) said: ‘Not until four months and ten days (have passed).’ Then she said: I fear for her sight.’ He said: ‘No, not until four months and ten days (have passed). During the Jahiliyyah one of you would mourn for her husband for a year, then when one year had passed she would throw a piece of dung.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020