أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ عِيسَی بْنِ مَعْدَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ مَوْلَی الْأَنْصَارِ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ جَائَتْ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَقَدْ خِفْتُ عَلَی عَيْنِهَا وَهِيَ تُرِيدُ الْکُحْلَ فَقَالَ قَدْ کَانَتْ إِحْدَاکُنَّ تَرْمِي بِالْبَعْرَةِ عَلَی رَأْسِ الْحَوْلِ وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا فَقُلْتُ لِزَيْنَبَ مَا رَأْسُ الْحَوْلِ قَالَتْ کَانَتْ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا هَلَکَ زَوْجُهَا عَمَدَتْ إِلَی شَرِّ بَيْتٍ لَهَا فَجَلَسَتْ فِيهِ حَتَّی إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِهَا سَنَةٌ خَرَجَتْ فَرَمَتْ وَرَائَهَا بِبَعْرَةٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3575
It was narrated from Zainab bint Abi Salamah, from Umm Salamah that a woman from the Quraish came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: “My daughter’s husband has died, and I am worried about her eyes; she needs kohl.” He said: “One of you used to throw a piece if dung after a year had passed. Rather it (the mourning period) is four months and ten days.” I (the narrator) said to Zainab: “What does ‘after a year had passed’ mean?” She said: “During the Jahiliyyah, if a woman died she would go to the worst room she had and stay there, then, when a year had passed, she would come out and throw a piece of dung behind her.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020