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Zaynab said, "I went to the house of Zaynab bint Jahsh, the wife
of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when her
brother had died. She called for perfume and put some on and said, 'By
Allah! I have no need of perfume, but I heard the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'It is not halal for a
woman who trusts in Allah and the Last Day to abstain from adornment
in mourning for someone who has died for more than three nights,
except for four months and ten days for a husband.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 29, Hadith 113
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn
Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm from Humayd ibn Nafi that Zaynab bint Abi
Salama related these three traditions to him. Zaynab said, "I visited
Umm Habiba, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, when her father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb had died. Umm Habiba called
for a yellowy perfume perhaps khaluq or something else. She rubbed the
perfume first on a slave-girl and she then wiped it on the sides of
her face and said, 'By Allah! I have no need of perfume but I heard
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say,
'It is not halal for a woman who trusts in Allah and the Last Day to
abstain from adornment in mourning for someone who has died, for more
than three nights, except for four months and ten days for a husband.'
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Zaynab said, "I heard my mother, Umm Salama, the wife of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say that a woman
came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and said, 'Messenger of Allah! My daughter's husband died, and
her eyes are troubling her, can she put kohl on them?' The Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'No' two or
three times. Then he said, 'It is only four months and ten days. In
the Jahiliyya, none of you threw away the piece of dung until a year
had passed.' "