سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب تفريع أبواب الطلاقDivorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)
باب فِيمَا تَجْتَنِبُهُ الْمُعْتَدَّةُ فِي عِدَّتِهَاChapter: What Should A Woman Whose Husband Dies Avoid During Her Waiting Period?
Hadith 2304
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ ، حَدَّثَنِي بُدَيْلٌ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ ،عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا لَا تَلْبَسُ الْمُعَصْفَرَ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ وَلَا الْمُمَشَّقَةَ وَلَا الْحُلِيَّ وَلَا تَخْتَضِبُ وَلَا تَكْتَحِلُ " .
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet ﷺ said: A woman whose husband has died must not wear clothes dyed with safflower (usfur) or with red ochre (mishq) and ornaments. She must not apply henna and collyrium.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
These matters are part of adornment; therefore, it is obligatory to refrain from them during the days of ‘iddah (waiting period).
These matters are part of adornment; therefore, it is obligatory to refrain from them during the days of ‘iddah (waiting period).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2304
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
English Translation:
It is prohibited to wear cloth that has been dyed afterwards, regardless of what substance or color it has been dyed with. "Mishq" refers to red clay (geru) with which the cloth used to be dyed. Nowadays, almost every cloth is dyed only after being woven, so it is difficult to find such cloth whose thread was dyed before weaving. Therefore, in the present time, such plain clothes should be worn in which, generally, there is no display of adornment, which are not flashy, floral, or of bright colors—for example: old clothes, etc. The objective is to abandon adornment. And Allah knows best.
It is prohibited to wear cloth that has been dyed afterwards, regardless of what substance or color it has been dyed with. "Mishq" refers to red clay (geru) with which the cloth used to be dyed. Nowadays, almost every cloth is dyed only after being woven, so it is difficult to find such cloth whose thread was dyed before weaving. Therefore, in the present time, such plain clothes should be worn in which, generally, there is no display of adornment, which are not flashy, floral, or of bright colors—for example: old clothes, etc. The objective is to abandon adornment. And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 3565
