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Riyad as-Salihin 1774

I went to Umm Habibah (radiyallahu anha) the wife of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), when her father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (radiyallahu anhu) died. Umm Habibah (radiyallahu anha) sent for a…

Zaynab bint Abi Salamahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by agreed upon
2names in the chain
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عن زينب بنت أبي سلمة رضي الله عنهما

قالت: دخلت على أم حبيبة رضي الله عنه زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حين توفي أبوها أبو سفيان بن حرب رضي الله عنه، فدعت بطيب فيه صفرة خلوق أو غيره، فدهنت منه جارية، ثم مست بعارضيها.

ثم قالت: والله مالي بالطيب من حاجة، غير أني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول على المنبر: «لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن تحد على ميت فوق ثلاث ليال، إلا على زوج أربعة أشهر وعشرا«قالت زينب: ثم دخلت على زينب بنت جحش رضي الله عنها حين توفي أخوها، فدعت بطيب، فمست منه، ثم قالت: أما والله مالي بالطيب من حاجة، غير أني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول على المنبر: «لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن تحد على ميت فوق ثلاث إلا على زوج أربعة أشهر وعشرًا»

I went to Umm Habibah (radiyallahu anha) the wife of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), when her father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (radiyallahu anhu) died. Umm Habibah (radiyallahu anha) sent for a yellow coloured perfume or something else like it, and she applied it to a slave-girl and then rubbed it on her own cheeks and said: “By Allah, I have no need for perfume, I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying from the pulpit, ‘It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for the dead beyond three days, except for the death of her husband; in which case the period of mourning is of four months and ten days.’”

Zainab said: I then visited Zainab, daughter of Jahsh (radiyallahu anha) when her brother died; she sent for perfume and applied it and then said: “Beware! By Allah, I don’t feel any need of perfume but I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying from the pulpit, ‘It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn the dead beyond three days except in case of her husband (for whom the period is) four months and ten days.’”

Riyad as-Salihin 1774, Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, Hadith 264. 1 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nawawi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-NawawiCompiler, died 676 AH
  2. 2Zaynab bint Abi SalamahFrom, Companion, died 73 AH

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