صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الجنائزThe Book of Al-Janaiz (Funerals)
بَابُ إِحْدَادِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى غَيْرِ زَوْجِهَا:Chapter. The mourning of a woman for a dead person other than her husband.
Hadith 1279
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ , قَالَ : تُوُفِّيَ ابْنٌ لِأُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثُ دَعَتْ بِصُفْرَةٍ فَتَمَسَّحَتْ بِهِ , وَقَالَتْ " نُهِينَا أَنْ نُحِدَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ إِلَّا بِزَوْجٍ " .
Narrated Muhammad bin Seereen: One of the sons of Um 'Atiyya died, and when it was the third day she asked for a yellow perfume and put it over her body, and said, "We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for our husbands."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Due to grief and sorrow, a woman refraining from adornment is called mourning (soog). Mourning due to death is, by consensus, legislated (mashru‘). Then, this mourning is obligatory (wajib) because of the right of the husband, and in the case of the death of others, it is permissible (ja’iz). Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has written that due to intense grief and sorrow, mourning can also be observed for any other dear or close relative besides the husband. The Lawgiver (shari‘) sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has declared it permissible, not obligatory. And it is not permissible for more than three days. During these days, if the husband expresses his desire (for intimacy), it is her responsibility to fulfill it; this mourning cannot be used as a pretext to avoid it.
(2)
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah, by using the words “other than the husband” (ghayr zawj) in the chapter heading, has indicated this reality that it is not necessary that the deceased, apart from the husband, be a close relative for mourning to be permissible; rather, mourning can also be observed upon the death of a non-relative acquaintance. (Fath al-Bari: 3/187)
(1)
Due to grief and sorrow, a woman refraining from adornment is called mourning (soog). Mourning due to death is, by consensus, legislated (mashru‘). Then, this mourning is obligatory (wajib) because of the right of the husband, and in the case of the death of others, it is permissible (ja’iz). Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has written that due to intense grief and sorrow, mourning can also be observed for any other dear or close relative besides the husband. The Lawgiver (shari‘) sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has declared it permissible, not obligatory. And it is not permissible for more than three days. During these days, if the husband expresses his desire (for intimacy), it is her responsibility to fulfill it; this mourning cannot be used as a pretext to avoid it.
(2)
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah, by using the words “other than the husband” (ghayr zawj) in the chapter heading, has indicated this reality that it is not necessary that the deceased, apart from the husband, be a close relative for mourning to be permissible; rather, mourning can also be observed upon the death of a non-relative acquaintance. (Fath al-Bari: 3/187)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 1279
