حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی عَنْ أَبِي سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُسَّةَ الْأَزْدِيَّةِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ کَانَتْ النُّفَسَائُ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَجْلِسُ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا وَکُنَّا نَطْلِي وُجُوهَنَا بِالْوَرْسِ مِنْ الْکَلَفِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 648
It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: "At the time of the Messenger of Allah, women in postnatal bleeding (after childbirth) used to wait for forty days, and we used to put Wars on our faces because of freckles."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020