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Qust And Azfâr[1]For The Woman In Mourning

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Darussalam · Volume 4

27. The Book Of Divorce

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 3542 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 206

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3572. It was narrated from Hafṣah, from Umm 'Aṭiyyah, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he granted a concession to the woman whose husband has died, allowing her to use Qust and Azfâr when purifying herself following her menses. (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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3542 - أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ هُوَ الدُّورِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «أَنَّهُ رَخَّصَ لِلْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا عِنْدَ طُهْرِهَا فِي الْقُسْطِ وَالْأَظْفَارِ»

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Qust and Azfâr are the kinds of incense, which were used in that period of time. The ruling concerning other perfumes is also the same; the use of which is forbidden during the waiting period. Their use, however, at the end of menstruation is permitted. Qust means costus (ūd); a certain substance or perfume, Indian wood and also Arabian, with which one fumigates. Azfâr is a certain odoriferous substance called unguis oderati. It is black, resembling finger nails.