Sahih al-Bukhari 1280

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Chapter: The mooring of a woman for a dead person other than her husband

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Zaynab bint Abi Salamah 5 narrators

'Abdullah bin al-Zubair bin 'Isa Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 219 AH or after Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 107 AH – 196 AH Ayoub bin Musa bin 'Amr bin Sa'id Tābiʿī d. 132 AH Hameed bin Nafi' al-Ansari Tābiʿī Zaynab bint Abi Salamah Companion d. 73 AH

Narrated Zainab bint Abi Salama:When the news of the death of Abu Sufyan reached from Sham, Um Habiba on the third day, asked for a yellow perfume and scented her cheeks and forearms and said, "No doubt, I would not have been in need of this, had I not heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying: "It is not legal for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days for any dead person except her husband, for whom she should mourn for four months and ten days."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 1280

In-book reference

Book 23, Hadith 41

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 2, Book 23, Hadith 370

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ لَمَّا جَاءَ نَعْىُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ مِنَ الشَّأْمِ دَعَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ بِصُفْرَةٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ، فَمَسَحَتْ عَارِضَيْهَا وَذِرَاعَيْهَا وَقَالَتْ إِنِّي كُنْتُ عَنْ هَذَا لَغَنِيَّةً، لَوْلاَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ أَنْ تُحِدَّ عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثٍ، إِلاَّ عَلَى زَوْجٍ، فَإِنَّهَا تُحِدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ‏"‏‏.‏

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