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Prohibition Of Kohl For A Woman In Mourning

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Darussalam · Volume 4

27. The Book Of Divorce

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الحديث: 3538 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 205

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3568. Zainab bint Abī Salamah narrated that her mother Umm Salamah said: "A woman from the Quraish came and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, my daughter's eyes are inflamed; shall I apply kohl to her?' (The daughter's) husband had died so (the Prophet ﷺ) 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 Jāhiliyyah one of you would mourn for her husband for a year, then when one year had passed she would throw a piece of dung.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)

Arabic text

3538 - أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ: وَحَدَّثَتْنِي زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهَا أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ: جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ ابْنَتِي رَمِدَتْ، أَفَأَكْحُلُهَا؟ وَكَانَتْ مُتَوَفًّى عَنْهَا، فَقَالَ: «أَلَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا» ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَى بَصَرِهَا، فَقَالَ: «لَا، إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا، قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَحِدُّ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا سَنَةً، ثُمَّ تَرْمِي عَلَى رَأْسِ السَّنَةِ بِالْبَعْرَةِ»

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