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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: 3540 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 205

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3570. It was narrated from Zainab bint Abî Salamah, from Umm Salamah that a woman from the Quraish came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ 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 Jâhiliyyah, 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)

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3540 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَعْيَنَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ، مَوْلَى الْأَنْصَارِ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ: أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ ابْنَتِي تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَقَدْ خِفْتُ عَلَى عَيْنِهَا وَهِيَ تُرِيدُ الْكُحْلَ، فَقَالَ: «قَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَرْمِي بِالْبَعْرَةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْحَوْلِ، وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا» فَقُلْتُ لِزَيْنَبَ: مَا رَأْسُ الْحَوْلِ؟ قَالَتْ: «كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا هَلَكَ زَوْجُهَا، عَمَدَتْ إِلَى شَرِّ بَيْتٍ لَهَا، فَجَلَسَتْ فِيهِ حَتَّى إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِهَا سَنَةٌ خَرَجَتْ فَرَمَتْ وَرَاءَهَا بِبَعْرَةٍ»

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