A widow should mourn for four months and ten days.
Darussalam · Volume 7
68 - THE BOOK OF DIVORCESahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 5334 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 59
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5335. Zainab further said: I went to Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died. She asked for perfume, and used some of it and said, "By Allāh, I am not in need of perfume, but I have heard Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying on the pulpit, 'It is not lawful for a lady who believes in Allāh and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days except for her husband for whom she should mourn for four months and ten days.'"
5335 - قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ، حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ أَخُوهَا، فَدَعَتْ بِطِيبٍ فَمَسَّتْ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا لِي بِالطِّيبِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ عَلَى المِنْبَرِ: «لاَ يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ أَنْ تُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثِ لَيَالٍ، إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا»
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